{"slug":"budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","id":"coptic:coptic-ocr:budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","title":"Athanasius Prayer","author":"Anonymous","genre":"homily","date":"","tradition":"coptic","coverage":"unknown","publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-14T04:23:17Z","cost_usd":0.012209},"source":{"registry_id":"coptic:coptic-ocr:budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","work_id":"budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","edition":"coptic-ocr","license":"GNU GPL-3.0","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/Athanasius%20Prayer%20Results/complete.txt"},"stats":{"passages":17,"english_words":2724,"coptic_letters":7726,"commentary_units":96,"commentary_kinds":7,"derived_notes":32,"ambiguities":36,"work_notes":6,"external_links":3,"timeline":3},"summary":{"work":"budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","abstract":"The 'Prayer of Saint Athanasius' is an anonymous Coptic homily attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria, likely composed for liturgical or monastic use. The text presents a prayer in which the speaker, identified as Athanasius, addresses God and Mary, reflecting on human frailty, sin, and divine judgment. It employs elevated, devotional language typical of Coptic homilies, with direct appeals to Mary and Christ. The work survives in Coptic manuscripts edited by Budge, with possible Ethiopic parallels, indicating broader circulation in eastern Christian traditions. Its date is uncertain but may be medieval, and the attribution to Athanasius is considered pseudepigraphical.","historical_context":"The work is transmitted in Coptic, the liturgical language of the Egyptian Church, and likely originated in a monastic or liturgical setting, possibly in Upper Egypt. The attribution to Athanasius (4th c.) is conventional but uncertain; the text may date from the medieval period (6th–12th c.), when pseudepigraphical homilies were common in Coptic tradition. The prayer's focus on Mary and its penitential tone align with Coptic devotional literature, which often blended Christological reflection with ascetic themes. The manuscript was edited by E. A. Wallis Budge from Coptic sources, and Ethiopic parallels suggest transmission through the Alexandrian tradition to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The text's genre as a homily or prayer reflects its use in communal worship or private devotion, typical of Coptic monastic circles.","significance":"This homily illustrates the enduring influence of Athanasius as a figure of authority in Coptic tradition, even when works were pseudepigraphically attributed to him. It provides insight into Coptic devotional practices, particularly the veneration of Mary and the emphasis on human sinfulness and divine mercy. The text's transmission in Coptic and Ethiopic highlights the interconnectedness of eastern Christian literatures and the role of monastic networks in preserving such works.","timeline":[{"date":"4th c.","event":"Life of Athanasius of Alexandria; traditional attribution of the prayer to him."},{"date":"6th–12th c.","event":"Probable composition of the anonymous homily in Coptic, possibly in a monastic context."},{"date":"19th–20th c.","event":"Edition and translation of the Coptic manuscript by E. A. Wallis Budge."}],"relations":[{"work":"Prayer to Mary (anonymous, Coptic)","relation":"Similar devotional address to Mary and Christ in Coptic homiletic tradition.","key":"dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-prayer-mary-bartos","label":"gap dossier: Prayer of Our Lady Mary which she prayed in the country of Bartos","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-prayer-mary-bartos"},{"work":"Vitae of Athanasius the Athonite","relation":"Another hagiographic tradition associated with Athanasius, though distinct in context.","key":"dossier:greek-anonymous-vitae-athanasii-athonitae","label":"gap dossier: The Two Ancient Lives of Athanasius of Athos","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-anonymous-vitae-athanasii-athonitae"},{"work":"Miscellaneous Coptic Texts (Budge)","relation":"Primary edition containing this prayer.","key":"ed:budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","label":"source edition: Athanasius Prayer","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/Athanasius%20Prayer%20Results/complete.txt"}],"external_links":[{"key":"wikipedia:Athanasius of Alexandria","label":"Athanasius of Alexandria","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasius_of_Alexandria","reason":"Historical figure to whom the prayer is attributed."},{"key":"ed:budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","label":"Budge edition of the prayer","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/Athanasius%20Prayer%20Results/complete.txt","reason":"Primary source for the text and translation."},{"key":"dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-prayer-mary-bartos","label":"Ethiopic prayer to Mary","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-prayer-mary-bartos","reason":"Parallel text showing broader circulation."}],"cautions":["The date of composition is uncertain; the work may be medieval (6th–12th c.) but cannot be precisely dated.","Attribution to Athanasius is pseudepigraphical and not supported by external evidence.","The manuscript tradition is fragmentary; the text may have been altered in transmission.","The relationship to Ethiopic parallels requires further study to confirm direct dependence."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000444,"generated":"2026-11-14T03:30:36Z"},"checks":{"work":"budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":17,"translated":17,"commentary_passages":17,"commentary_units":96,"english_words":2724,"coptic_letters":7726,"commentary_kinds":7},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic text survives in a single manuscript (Bodleian MS. Copt. a. 3) and was first edited by E. A. Wallis Budge in 1915.","cites":[{"key":"ed:budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","label":"source edition: Athanasius Prayer","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/Athanasius%20Prayer%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The prayer is attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria but is not attested in Greek or Syriac; its Coptic circulation suggests a later monastic context.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:greek-anonymous-vitae-athanasii-athonitae","label":"gap dossier: The Two Ancient Lives of Athanasius of Athos","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-anonymous-vitae-athanasii-athonitae"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The work is pseudepigraphal; the earliest manuscript dates to the 10th–11th century, far later than Athanasius (4th century).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["hollis:alma990033553480203941"]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The source edition (coptic-ocr) is based on optical character recognition of Budge’s print; no collation with the original manuscript has been performed.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The prayer is included in modern Coptic Orthodox prayer books and has been translated into English and French for devotional use.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["hollis:alma990136392200203941","hollis:alma990142835470203941"]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Ethiopic version (dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-prayer-mary-bartos) differs in structure and content; it is not a direct translation of the Coptic.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-prayer-mary-bartos","label":"gap dossier: Prayer of Our Lady Mary which she prayed in the country of Bartos","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-prayer-mary-bartos"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: homily in Sahidic Coptic; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 17 narrative."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","text":"19 glossary term(s) recorded at first occurrence from a curated list of 53; the term index below gives the rendering and the count."},{"kind":"caution","severity":"caution","text":"3 passage(s) are fragmentary in the source; the English bridges each break and says so in the note."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: coptic-ocr — GNU GPL-3.0"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":17},"term_index":[{"coptic":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","english":"God","count":31,"first_passage":1,"note":"Sahidic ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ is the ordinary word for 'god'. With the definite article (ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ) in Christian texts it names God; without it, a god or the divine."},{"coptic":"ϣⲗⲏⲗ","english":"pray","count":18,"first_passage":1,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","english":"soul","count":18,"first_passage":3,"note":"Greek ψυχή; 'life' where the sense is the living person rather than the soul that survives death."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲙⲏⲛ","english":"amen","count":14,"first_passage":1,"note":"Transliterated Hebrew, left untranslated in the liturgy and in the doxologies that close a homily."},{"coptic":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ","english":"Lord","count":11,"first_passage":1,"note":"Renders Yahweh in the Sahidic Bible and names Christ in homilies; 'master' is the everyday social sense and the right one in a parable about slaves."},{"coptic":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","english":"bless","count":9,"first_passage":1,"note":"The Coptic verb covers both 'bless' and 'praise'; the object decides — God is praised, a person is blessed."},{"coptic":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ","english":"prophet","count":8,"first_passage":5,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","english":"body","count":6,"first_passage":1,"note":"In martyrdom accounts ⲥⲱⲙⲁ after death is the corpse; in ascetic literature it is the body as the site of struggle."},{"coptic":"ⲧⲡⲉ","english":"heaven","count":5,"first_passage":7,"note":"The abode of God in these texts; 'sky' only in strictly cosmological passages, which are rare here."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","english":"angel","count":4,"first_passage":1,"note":"Greek ἄγγελος; 'messenger' only where a human envoy is meant (rare in this corpus)."},{"coptic":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","english":"peace","count":1,"first_passage":1,"note":"Greek εἰρήνη. ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ in a colophon is the liturgical formula 'in peace', not a comment on civil order."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ","english":"holy","count":1,"first_passage":1,"note":"Adjectivally 'holy'; with the article as a noun it names a saint, and in the plural the saints as a body."},{"coptic":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ","english":"martyr","count":1,"first_passage":3,"note":"Greek μάρτυς. 'Witness' is the older forensic sense and survives in the paschal and apologetic register; the hagiographical sense is 'martyr'."},{"coptic":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ","english":"people","count":1,"first_passage":5,"note":"Greek λαός. In liturgical description it is the congregation as distinct from the clergy, i.e. the laity."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","english":"archangel","count":1,"first_passage":8,"note":"Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Suriel; the rank is fixed in Coptic liturgical usage."},{"coptic":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","english":"virgin","count":1,"first_passage":11,"note":"Greek παρθένος. In Marian texts the technical sense is fixed; the non-technical 'young woman' belongs to Greek, not to the Coptic usage."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲛⲁⲥⲧⲁⲥⲓⲥ","english":"resurrection","count":1,"first_passage":15,"note":"Greek ἀνάστασις; the general resurrection and Christ's are distinguished by context, not by the word."},{"coptic":"ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ","english":"deacon","count":1,"first_passage":16,"note":"The office in liturgical texts; 'servant' only in citations of the New Testament."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲡⲁ","english":"Apa","count":1,"first_passage":16,"note":"A title of a monastic father. 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Bless us. Amen. I go into the hands of God, not the hands of man. Because of this, Lord God of powers, listen to the prayer of your servant Athanasius. Do not send for the soul, for I am a man of blood and flesh, and you know the weakness of the children of Adam, that if a small wound touches one, it touches another, it endangers, and a fear of what sort of strength is this, to go into the hands of God. There are the punishments which you created to avenge the sinners, and the generation of the fire, and the heat, and the stench, and the restlessness of sleeplessness. If I say that I am righteous and I have suffered for your name, you will find me, for I have sinned in this. Another says, \"The other angels thought of a book which they created, for to be released in a pure spirit and a fire.\" So how much more am I? I am earth and bone, and I am flesh which dissolves, becoming earth and bone, and you created me from a woman's womb. You molded me like a potter who bakes in the fire. You gave me bones, you bound me.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ (body) here likely refers to the corpse, consistent with the martyrdom sense in the glossary: the place where he would leave the body.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ (bless) is used with God as object, so it means 'praise' here, not a blessing of a person.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ (angel) is used in the plural (ⲛⲕⲉ ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ) and refers to supernatural beings, not human messengers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The month ⲠⲀϢⲞⲚⲤ (Pašons) is the ninth month of the Coptic calendar, corresponding roughly to May–June, often associated with martyrdom commemorations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲕⲧⲁⲙⲓⲟⲟⲩ ⲉ ϫⲓⲕⲃⲁ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲕⲧⲁⲙⲓⲟⲟⲩ ⲉ ϫⲓⲕⲃⲁ (which you created to avenge) is textually uncertain; the manuscript may have a scribal error in ⲕⲃⲁ (likely ⲕⲃⲁ for ⲕⲃⲱ 'avenge').","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a narrative opening (composition for the place of death) to a prayerful address to God, marked by the imperative ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ (listen).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲕⲧⲁⲙⲓⲟⲟⲩ ⲉ ϫⲓⲕⲃⲁ is ambiguous: ⲕⲃⲁ may be a scribal error for ⲕⲃⲱ (avenge) or a variant spelling; the reading 'avenge' is adopted.","The clause ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛϫⲟⲟϥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲅ ⲟⲩⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ (if I say that I am righteous) is ambiguous: it could be a hypothetical or a direct quote; the translation treats it as hypothetical."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ → “angel”. Greek ἄγγελος; 'messenger' only where a human envoy is meant (rare in this corpus)."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ carries more than one sense (messenger); this passage takes it as “angel”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","text":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ → “peace”. Greek εἰρήνη. ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ in a colophon is the liturgical formula 'in peace', not a comment on civil order."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","text":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ → “God”. Sahidic ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ is the ordinary word for 'god'. With the definite article (ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ) in Christian texts it names God; without it, a god or the divine."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","text":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ carries more than one sense (god, deity); this passage takes it as “God”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ","text":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ → “Lord”. Renders Yahweh in the Sahidic Bible and names Christ in homilies; 'master' is the everyday social sense and the right one in a parable about slaves."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ","text":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ carries more than one sense (master, owner); this passage takes it as “Lord”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ → “holy”. Adjectivally 'holy'; with the article as a noun it names a saint, and in the plural the saints as a body."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ carries more than one sense (saint); this passage takes it as “holy”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","text":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ → “body”. In martyrdom accounts ⲥⲱⲙⲁ after death is the corpse; in ascetic literature it is the body as the site of struggle."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","text":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ carries more than one sense (corpse); this passage takes it as “body”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲙⲏⲛ","text":"ⲁⲙⲏⲛ → “amen”. Transliterated Hebrew, left untranslated in the liturgy and in the doxologies that close a homily."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ϣⲗⲏⲗ","text":"ϣⲗⲏⲗ → “pray”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","text":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ → “bless”. The Coptic verb covers both 'bless' and 'praise'; the object decides — God is praised, a person is blessed."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","text":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ carries more than one sense (praise); this passage takes it as “bless”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"ⲛ ϩⲉⲛⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲙⲛ̄ ϩⲉⲛⲥⲁⲣⲝ̄ • ⲁⲕϭⲟⲟⲗⲧ̄ • ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩϣⲁⲁⲣ • ⲁⲕϯⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ ⲛ ⲟⲩⲡⲛⲟⲏ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲡ︤ⲛ︦ⲁ︥ •","english":"The dead, with the flesh, you have covered me. You gave me a veil. You gave me a breath and a spirit.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛ ϩⲉⲛⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲙⲛ̄ ϩⲉⲛⲥⲁⲣⲝ̄","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the dead, with the flesh' is ambiguous: it may refer to the dead body the speaker inhabits, or to the deceased as a category. The English draft treats it as a single compound object of covering.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲛⲟⲏ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲛⲟⲏ (pnoē) means 'breath' or 'breathing,' often distinguished from ⲡⲛⲁ (pneuma) 'spirit.' The pairing here echoes a binary anthropology: the speaker receives both a vital breath and a spiritual principle.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲛⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲛⲁ (pneuma) is the standard Coptic loanword for 'spirit' or 'Holy Spirit.' In this context it likely denotes the spiritual aspect of the human person, distinct from the physical breath (ⲡⲛⲟⲏ).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage consists of three parallel clauses: 'you have covered me,' 'you gave me a veil,' 'you gave me a breath and a spirit.' The first two concern concealment or protection; the third concerns endowment with life.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲕϭⲟⲟⲗⲧ̄","severity":"caution","text":"The verb ⲁⲕϭⲟⲟⲗⲧ̄ ('you have covered me') is a second-person singular perfect. The subject is God, but the antecedent is unclear from the immediate context; the previous passage addresses 'Lord God of powers.'","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["Whether 'the dead' (ⲛ ϩⲉⲛⲙⲟⲩⲧ) refers to the speaker's own corpse or to dead persons collectively.","Whether the 'veil' (ϣⲁⲁⲣ) is a metaphor for the body, for protection, or for a burial shroud.","The relationship between the two gifts (breath and spirit) is not syntactically clarified: they may be two aspects of one gift or two distinct endowments."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"ⲉϥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛ▨▨ⲟⲩⲓ ϣⲁⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ̄ • ⲕⲁⲁⲩ • ⲛϥ̄ⲕⲟⲧϥ̄ • ▨▨▨▨ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ⲛ︦▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨\nⲉⲩ▨▨▨▨▨\n▨▨▨▨|ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲕⲁϩ • ⲥⲧⲱⲧ • ϣⲁ ⲛⲉϥ︦ⲥ︦ⲛ︦ⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲧ ϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ⲉ\nϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲭⲉⲓⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ • ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲩⲁϩ ⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • ⲛϭⲓ ϩⲉⲛϣⲟ • ⲛϣⲟ ⲙ︦ⲛ︦ ϩⲉⲛⲧⲃⲁ • ⲛⲧⲃⲁ • ⲉⲩϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ̄\nⲧⲉϥⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧ︦ⲛⲟϭ • ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥⲕⲱ ⲛ̄ⲥⲁϣϥⲉ ⲙⲡⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲥⲁϣϥ̄ • ⲛ̄ⲥⲧⲉⲣⲉⲱⲙⲁ • ϩ︦ⲙ︦ ⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛ ⲧⲉϥϭⲟⲙ • ⲡⲉⲧ ϯ ⲛ̄\nⲟⲩⲧⲟϣ • ⲉ ⲑⲁⲗⲗⲁⲥⲁ ⲉⲙⲉⲥⲉϣ ⲥⲁⲁⲧϥ̄ • ⲡⲉⲧⲃⲱⲗ • ⲉⲃⲟⲗ • ⲙ̄ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲛⲓⲙ • ⲉⲧ ⲧⲟⲩⲛⲟⲥ • ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥϯ\nⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ ⲟⲩⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧϣⲁⲛϩⲧⲏϥ • ⲡⲁⲓ • ⲉⲧⲉ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ • ⲛ̄ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϣⲟⲩⲱϩ︦ⲙ︦ • ⲛⲁϥ • ⲉⲓ ⲙⲏ ⲧⲉⲓ • ⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ • ⲛ ⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲉϥⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ • ⲛ̄ ϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲛ • ⲏ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲛ̄ ⲧⲁⲗⲁⲓⲡⲱⲣⲟⲥ • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲣϥ︦ⲣ︦ ⲛⲟⲃⲉ • ⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱⲛ︦ϩ︦ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ⲛ̄ ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ϩ︦ⲣ︦ⲛ︦ ⲧⲉⲕⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧ︦ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • ⲉⲓ ⲙⲏ ⲧⲉⲓ • ⲧⲉⲕⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧ̄ϣⲁⲛϩⲧⲏϥ • ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • ⲛ̄ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁ ⲥⲱⲙⲁ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁ\nⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ̄ ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲁ ⲱ︦ⲛ︦ϩ︦ ⲛ︦ⲅ̄ϫⲓ ⲛ̄ ⲧⲟⲟⲧ • ⲛ̄ ⲧⲁ ⲉⲝⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲥⲓⲥ ⲛ︦ⲅ̄ ϯ ⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ • ⲛ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲉⲓⲛⲏⲩ ⲉ ⲣⲁⲧⲕ̄ • ⲡϫ︦ⲥ̄ • ⲡⲇⲉⲥⲡⲟⲇⲏⲥ • ⲙ ⲡⲧⲏⲣ︦ϥ︦ • ⲡⲉⲛⲧ\nⲁϥϫⲓ • ⲙ ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲙ ⲡϣⲟⲣⲡ̄ • ⲛ̄ ⲣⲱⲙⲉ • ⲁⲇⲁⲙ\nⲁϥϯ ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲓⲁ • ⲛⲁϥ • ⲉⲕⲉϫⲓ ⲙ ⲡⲁ ⲧⲱⲃ︦ϩ︦ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲟⲧ • ⲛ︦ⲅ︦ ⲧⲛ̄ⲛⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛ̄ⲥⲁ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ϩ︦ⲛ︦ ⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ • ⲉⲥⲣϣⲁⲩ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧ̄ϣⲁⲛϩⲧⲏϥ • ⲁⲩⲱ ϩⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧⲟⲩⲁϩⲓⲏⲧ • ⲁⲛ • ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲙ̄ ⲡϣⲟⲣⲡ̄ • ⲙ̄ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲃⲉⲗ • ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲡⲱⲓ • ϩⲱ ⲙ̄ⲡⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛⲅ̄\nⲧⲛ̄ⲛⲟⲟⲩ •","english":"He is holy. With the little ones, the spirit leaves them, turns them, and dissolves them. The earth trembles to its foundations, he who sits upon the cherubim. Lights are set in place at his door by seventy, seventy and two, two, giving glory to his greatness. He who set aside seven and seven stars in the word of his power, he who gives a limit to the sea so that it does not overflow, he who looses the souls of all, raises them up, and gives them mercy. This one, whom no angel can reveal, except his good son and his holy spirit, or my wretched and sinful soul will be revealed before your lordship, except your mercy, O Lord, my soul and my body and my spirit. Hear me, O God of my life. Take my confession from my hand. Give mercy to my soul as I come before you, O Lord, O Master of all, he who took the prayer of the first man, Adam, and gave him repentance. Take my petition from my hand and send for my soul in an hour of joy and mercy and in peace. Amen. He who heard the prayer of the first martyr, Abel, hear mine also today and send.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ (soul) appears multiple times; here it denotes the soul as the object of divine mercy and confession, consistent with the hagiographical register.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲉⲗ","severity":"info","text":"Abel is invoked as the first martyr (ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ), echoing Genesis 4 and the New Testament (Hebrews 11:4).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲇⲁⲙ","severity":"info","text":"Adam is called the first man (ⲡϣⲟⲣⲡ̄ ⲛ̄ ⲣⲱⲙⲉ) who received repentance (ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲓⲁ), a theme common in Coptic homilies on penance.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄","severity":"info","text":"The passage concludes with a parallel between Adam and Abel, framing the prayer as a petition for the same divine hearing granted to these archetypal figures.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"▨▨▨▨ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text has lacunae (▨▨▨▨ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ) that obscure the precise verb; the English draft reads 'dissolves them', but the original may have a different sense.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ⲉϥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ' (he is holy) may refer to God or to a saint; the context suggests God.","The lacunae in '▨▨▨▨ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ' leave the action uncertain; the reading 'dissolves' is conjectural."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ","text":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ → “martyr”. Greek μάρτυς. 'Witness' is the older forensic sense and survives in the paschal and apologetic register; the hagiographical sense is 'martyr'."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ","text":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ carries more than one sense (witness); this passage takes it as “martyr”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","text":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ → “soul”. Greek ψυχή; 'life' where the sense is the living person rather than the soul that survives death."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","text":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ carries more than one sense (life); this passage takes it as “soul”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"ⲛⲥⲁ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲛ ⲟⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ • ⲛⲧⲉ\nⲧⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥⲩⲛⲏ • | ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲛ\nⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ • ⲉϥϣⲟⲟⲡ • ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ• ⲛ ⲭⲁⲛⲁⲁⲛ\nⲁϥϭⲟϫϭⲉϫ ⲛ ϩⲉⲛⲣ̄ⲣⲟ • ⲉⲩⲧⲁϫⲣⲏⲩ • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲩⲟϣ • ⲙ\nⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲱ ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ • ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲧ︦ⲙ︦ • ⲉ ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲛ ⲓⲥⲁⲁⲕ • ⲁϥⲛⲁϩⲙⲉϥ • ⲉ ⲧϭⲓϫ • ⲛ̄ ⲛ̄ⲉⲫⲩⲗⲉⲥⲧⲉⲉⲓⲙ • ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧ︦ⲙ︦ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲱ\nⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛ︦ⲅ︦ⲭⲁⲣⲓⲍⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ • ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲁⲡⲁⲛⲧⲏⲙⲁ • ⲉⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩⲥ • ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲧ︦ⲙ︦ • ⲉ ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲛ ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ • ⲉϥⲃⲏⲕ • ⲉ ⲧⲙⲉⲥⲟⲡⲟⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁ • ⲛ ⲧⲥⲩⲣⲓⲁ • ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲛ︦ϩ︦ • ⲛⲁϥ ⲉ","english":"after my soul, an angel of righteousness. He who heard the prayer of our father Abraham while he was in the land of Canaan, he overthrew kings who were strong and numerous, and many multitudes before him. May you also hear my prayer today. He who heard the prayer of Isaac, he saved him from the hand of the Philistines. May you also hear my prayer today. Grant me a good encounter. He who heard the prayer of Jacob while he was going to Mesopotamia of Syria, he opened for him","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲯⲩⲭⲏ (Greek ψυχή) is rendered 'soul' per the pinned glossary, but in the phrase 'after my soul' the sense may be 'life' (i.e., 'after my life'), as the speaker seeks protection for his living person.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ (Greek ἄγγελος) is rendered 'angel' per the glossary; here it modifies 'righteousness' (ⲧⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥⲩⲛⲏ), forming a title 'angel of righteousness' that likely refers to a divine agent or epithet of God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Abraham's prayer in the land of Canaan and the overthrow of kings echoes Genesis 14 (the defeat of Chedorlaomer and his allies), though the specific prayer is not recorded in the biblical narrative.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲓⲥⲁⲁⲕ","severity":"info","text":"Isaac's rescue from the Philistines is not a direct biblical episode; it may conflate Isaac's sojourn in Gerar (Genesis 26) with later traditions of Philistine hostility, or refer to a non-canonical story.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ","severity":"info","text":"Jacob's journey to Mesopotamia (Syria) recalls his flight to Laban in Haran (Genesis 28–29); the 'good encounter' granted by God may allude to his vision at Bethel or his meeting with Rachel.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a repetitive pattern: a biblical exemplar (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob) is invoked with 'He who heard the prayer of X...', followed by the petition 'May you also hear my prayer today'. This liturgical structure reinforces the supplicant's plea.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'after my soul' (ⲛⲥⲁ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ) is ambiguous: it may mean 'pursuing my soul' (i.e., an enemy) or 'after my life' (i.e., after my death). The reading taken is 'after my soul' as a threat from which the angel of righteousness protects.","The identity of the 'angel of righteousness' is unclear; it may be a title for God or a specific angel (e.g., Michael).","The 'good encounter' (ⲟⲩⲁⲡⲁⲛⲧⲏⲙⲁ ⲉⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩⲥ) could refer to a meeting with a divine being or a favorable outcome in a journey."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"ⲃⲟⲗ • ⲛϭⲓ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲁϥϯ ⲛⲁϥ • ⲛ ⲧⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧ︦ⲣⲙⲙⲁⲟ̄ • ⲛ\nⲗⲁⲃⲁⲛ ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ • ϩⲱ ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ • ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ ϩⲛ̄ ⲕⲏⲙⲉ ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲱ • ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ • ⲉⲓⲛⲏⲩ ⲉ ⲣⲁⲧⲕ̄ • ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲧ︦ⲙ︦ ⲉ ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲙ ⲡⲛⲟϭ\nⲙ ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ • ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ • ⲉ ⲁϥⲉⲓⲛⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲙ\nⲡ︦ⲓ︦ⲏ︤︦ⲗ︦ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ϩ︦ⲛ︦ ⲕⲏⲙⲉ • ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧ︦ⲙ︦ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲱ ⲙ\nⲡⲟⲟⲩ • ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲕϩ︦ⲙ︦ϩⲁⲗ • ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ • ⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ\nⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲛ ⲓⲉⲥⲟⲩ • ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲩⲏ ⲉϥⲙⲓϣⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄\nⲛⲉϥϫⲁϫⲉ • ⲁⲕⲧⲛ̄ⲛⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛⲁϥ ⲙ ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲏⲥⲧⲣⲁⲧⲏⲅⲟⲥ • ⲛ ⲧϭⲟⲙ • ⲛ ⲙ̄ⲡⲏⲩⲉ • ⲉ ⲧⲣ︦ϥ︦ϫⲓⲕⲃⲁ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϥϫⲁϫⲉ • ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲱ ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲓⲛⲏⲩ • ⲉ ⲣⲁⲧ︦ⲕ︦ • ⲱ • ⲡⲁ\nϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • ⲧⲉϩⲓⲏ ⲅⲁⲣ • ⲛ̄ⲣⲱⲙⲉ • ⲛⲓⲙ • ⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲓ • ⲁⲗⲗⲁ • ⲉⲓⲛⲁⲃⲱⲕ ϩⲛ̄ • ⲟⲩϩⲓⲏ • ⲛ ϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ • ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲛ • ϩⲁⲑⲏ • ⲛⲥⲁϥ ⲙⲛ̄ ϣⲙ̄ⲧⲉ ⲡⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛ̄ϩⲟⲟⲩ • ⲧⲁⲓ • ⲉⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲥ▨\n▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨ⲛϣⲁ▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨ |\nⲙⲟⲕϩ̄ • ⲛ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲧⲣⲟⲭⲟⲥ • ⲛ̄ ⲛ̄ⲁϩⲣ︦ⲛ︦\nⲟⲩⲕⲱϩ︦ⲧ︦ • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛ ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲁⲩ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁϩⲣ︦ⲛ︦ ⲟⲩⲧⲣⲓⲣ • ⲉ ⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ ϯⲛⲁⲉⲝⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲉⲓ • ⲛⲁⲕ • ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲁ\nⲱⲛ︦ϩ︦ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲡⲉϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ\nⲛⲛⲉⲕϩⲙ̄ϩⲁⲗ • ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲉ ⲡⲱⲓ ϩⲱ ⲡϫ︦ⲥ︦ • ⲡⲁ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲧ\nⲁϥⲉⲛ︦ⲧ︦ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲕⲁⲕⲉ • ⲛ ⲧⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧⲁⲧⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ • ⲉⲕⲉⲉⲓⲛⲉ • ⲛ̄ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲁ ⲥⲱⲙⲁ • ϩⲛ̄\nⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲙⲛ̄ ϩⲓⲥⲉ • ⲛϩⲏⲧ︦ⲥ︦ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲕ̄ ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲛ\nⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ • ⲛⲧⲟⲕ • ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧ︦ⲙ︦ • ⲉ ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲛ̄\nⲛⲉⲕⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ • ⲃⲁⲣⲁⲕ • ⲥⲁⲙⲯⲱⲛ • ⲓⲉⲫⲑⲁⲉ • ⲅⲉⲇⲉⲱⲛ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲇⲉⲃⲱⲣⲣⲁ •","english":"...release, O God. He gave him the wealth of Laban. May you also hear me today. He who heard Joseph in Egypt, may you also hear me today. I come before you. He who heard the prayer of the great prophet Moses, when he brought the people of Israel out of Egypt, may you also hear me today. I am your servant Athanasius. You heard the prayer of Jesus the son of Nauē, as he fought with his enemies. You sent him the commander-in-chief of the host of the heavens, to cause him to take vengeance on his enemies. May you also hear me today, as I come before you, O my Lord. For the way of men is this. But I will go in a way I do not know, after the seventh day, this day which has... the pain of my soul like a wheel before a fire, and like a flame before a brazier. Therefore I will confess to you, God of my life. And also I know that you have heard the cry of your servants. Hear mine also, O Lord, my God. He who brought me out of the darkness of ignorance, may you bring my soul out of my body in an hour without suffering, because you are a good God. You are also the one who heard the prayer of your judges: Barak, Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and Deborah.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ (prophet) here refers to Moses, the great prophet who led Israel out of Egypt. In Coptic homilies, the term is used for Old Testament figures as authoritative intercessors.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲓⲉⲥⲟⲩ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲩⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Jesus the son of Nauē' refers to Joshua son of Nun (Joshua 10:10–14). The prayer recalls God sending a commander-in-chief (archistrategos) to help Joshua defeat his enemies, echoing the angelic aid in the biblical account.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲏⲥⲧⲣⲁⲧⲏⲅⲟⲥ ⲛ ⲧϭⲟⲙ ⲛ ⲙ̄ⲡⲏⲩⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The 'commander-in-chief of the host of the heavens' is likely the archangel Michael, often invoked as a military protector in Coptic prayers. This reflects a tradition where Michael aids biblical heroes like Joshua.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The speaker identifies as 'Athanasius, your servant,' linking the prayer to the figure of Athanasius of Alexandria. This attribution is common in Coptic pseudepigrapha, where Athanasius is a model of piety and authority.","cites":[{"key":"ed:budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","label":"source edition: Athanasius Prayer","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/Athanasius%20Prayer%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲧⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲥ▨","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text is damaged here (lacuna indicated by ▨). The phrase 'this day which has...' is incomplete, and the following reference to 'the pain of my soul' may be part of a longer metaphor. The reading is conjectural.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲃⲁⲣⲁⲕ • ⲥⲁⲙⲯⲱⲛ • ⲓⲉⲫⲑⲁⲉ • ⲅⲉⲇⲉⲱⲛ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲇⲉⲃⲱⲣⲣⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The list of 'judges' (ⲕⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ) includes Barak, Samson, Jephthah, Gideon, and Deborah, all figures from the Book of Judges. Deborah is the only female judge, and her inclusion alongside male judges is notable.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The lacuna after ⲧⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲟⲩⲛ̄ⲧⲁⲥ▨ obscures the full sense of the metaphor about the seventh day and the soul's pain.","The identity of the 'commander-in-chief' is not explicitly named; it is inferred as Michael from context.","The term ⲕⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ (judges) may refer to the biblical judges or to a broader category of righteous leaders; the list includes both judges and a prophetess (Deborah)."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ","text":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ → “prophet”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ","text":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ → “people”. Greek λαός. In liturgical description it is the congregation as distinct from the clergy, i.e. the laity."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ","text":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ carries more than one sense (laity); this passage takes it as “people”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"ⲅⲟⲑⲟⲛⲓⲏⲗ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲁⲱⲑ • ϣⲁⲛⲧⲟⲩⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲁⲟⲥ • ⲛⲥⲉⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ • ϩⲓ ⲡϫⲁⲓⲉ ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧ︦ⲙ︦ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲱ • ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲁ ⲧⲱⲃ︦ϩ︦ • ⲉⲓϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ • ⲉ ⲧⲉⲕⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧ︦ⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ • ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲙ ⲡ︦ⲓ︦ⲏ︦ⲗ︦ • ⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲛ ⲓ̄ⲉⲣⲉⲙⲓⲁⲥ • ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ\nⲉϥϩⲙ̄ ⲡϣⲏⲓ • ⲙ ⲡⲗⲟⲓϩⲉ • ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ • ϩⲱ ϩⲙ̄\nⲡⲁ ⲥⲟⲡⲥⲡ̄ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁ ⲧⲱⲃ︦ϩ︦ • ⲉ ϯⲧⲱⲃϩ̄ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲛ̄ϩⲏⲧ︦ϥ︦ • ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲛ ⲣϥ̄ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲟⲛ • ⲉ ⲏⲥⲁⲓⲁⲥ ⲡⲛⲟϭ • ⲙ ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ • ⲉϥⲱϣ ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ • ⲉϥϣⲗⲏⲗ ϩⲁ","english":"Gothoniēl and Aōth, until they judge your people, they will dwell in the desert. May you also hear me in my prayer, as I pray to your goodness, O Lord, God of Israel. You heard the prayer of Jeremiah the prophet when he was in the pit of the lion. May you also hear me in my supplication and my prayer, as I beseech you from within, O God. For you are one who hears. You also heard Isaiah the great prophet when he cried out to you, praying for","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲅⲟⲑⲟⲛⲓⲏⲗ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲁⲱⲑ","severity":"info","text":"Gothoniēl and Aōth are Old Testament figures (Judges 3:9–11, 3:12–30), here invoked as exemplars of divine deliverance. The Coptic forms reflect the Septuagint tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲛ ⲓ̄ⲉⲣⲉⲙⲓⲁⲥ ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲉϥϩⲙ̄ ⲡϣⲏⲓ ⲙ ⲡⲗⲟⲓϩⲉ","severity":"info","text":"Alludes to Jeremiah’s prayer from the lion pit, a motif drawn from the apocryphal Bel and the Dragon (Daniel 14) or hagiographic expansions, not the canonical book of Jeremiah.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲗⲟⲓϩⲉ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲗⲟⲓϩⲉ 'the lion' (Sahidic ⲗⲁⲃⲟ) appears in the Jeremiah episode; the pit of lions is a common trope in Coptic homilies for divine rescue, paralleling Daniel’s experience.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲱ","severity":"info","text":"The repeated petition 'may you also hear me' (ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲱ) forms a litany-like structure, linking the speaker to biblical precedents (Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Jeremiah, Isaiah).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛ ⲣϥ̄ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄","severity":"info","text":"The epithet 'God who hears' (ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛ ⲣϥ̄ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄) is a standard divine attribute in Coptic prayer, emphasizing God’s responsiveness; it recurs in the Athanasius Prayer as a theological refrain.","cites":[{"key":"ed:budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","label":"source edition: Athanasius Prayer","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/Athanasius%20Prayer%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The names ⲅⲟⲑⲟⲛⲓⲏⲗ and ⲁⲱⲑ are corrupt or variant forms; the intended referents are Othniel and Ehud, but the Coptic spelling may reflect a scribal error or a different source tradition.","The phrase 'until they judge your people' (ϣⲁⲛⲧⲟⲩⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲙ ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲁⲟⲥ) is ambiguous: it may mean the judges ruled Israel or that they will judge the people in an eschatological sense."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲁⲟⲥ • ⲁⲕⲛⲁϩⲙⲉϥ • ⲉ ⲡⲧⲁⲕⲟ • ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ\nϩⲱ • ⲛ︤ⲅ︥ⲛⲉϩⲙ̄ • ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲉ ⲡⲧⲁⲕⲟ • ⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲟⲛ • ⲉ ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲛ̄ ⲓⲉⲍⲉⲕ[ⲓⲏⲗ]• ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ▨▨▨ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲟⲩ • ⲁⲕⲧⲟⲩⲛⲟⲥ • ⲛⲁϥ(?) ⲛ ϩⲉⲛ▨▨▨|ⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛ\nⲟⲩⲡⲛⲟⲏ • ⲛ ⲱⲛ︦ϩ︦ • ⲛⲕⲉ ⲥⲟⲡ • ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ϩⲱ ⲉ ⲡⲁ\nϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲛ︤ⲅ︥ⲛⲁ • ⲛ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲙ\nⲡⲁ ⲱⲛ︦ϩ︦ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲇⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ • ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲉϥϩⲙ̄ ⲡϣⲏⲓ • ⲛ ⲙ̄ⲙⲟⲩⲓ • ⲁⲕⲧⲛ̄ⲛⲟⲟⲩ • ϣⲁ\nⲣⲟϥ ⲛ ⲁⲃⲃⲁⲕⲟⲩⲙ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲛ • ⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲉ ⲓⲱⲛⲁⲥ • ⲉϥϩⲛ̄ ϩⲏⲧ︦ⲥ︦ • ⲙ ⲡⲕⲩⲧⲟⲥ ⲛϣⲟⲙⲛ︦ⲧ︦ ⲛ̄ϩⲟⲟⲩ • ⲙⲛ̄\nϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ • ⲛⲟⲩϣⲏ • ⲉⲙⲛ̄ⲑⲉ • ⲉ ⲧⲣ︤ϥ︥ⲟⲩⲱⲙ • ⲙⲙⲟϥ • ⲁⲕⲧⲣ︦ϥ︦ⲛⲟϫϥ̄ • ⲉ ⲡⲡⲉⲧ ϣⲟⲩⲱⲟⲩ • ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ\nϩⲱ ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ • ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲉⲧ ⲛⲟϩ︤ⲙ︥ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ • ϩⲛ̄ ⲑⲗⲓⲯⲓⲥ • ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲕⲉⲛⲁϩⲙⲉⲧ • ϩ︦ⲛ︦ ϯ ⲕⲉ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲉ • ⲉⲧ ⲟ ⲛ ϩⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲧ\nⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲛ ϩⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲡⲛⲟϭ • ⲙ̄ ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ • ⲁⲕϣⲧⲁⲙ • ⲛ ⲧⲡⲉ • ⲛ̄ ϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ ⲛ̄ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄\nⲥⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛⲉⲃⲟⲧ • ⲉⲕⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲱ ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ • ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ\nⲛ̄ ⲧⲡⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ • ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲓⲟⲥ • ⲁϥⲧⲟⲩⲛⲟⲥ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ • ⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲥⲱⲙⲁⲛⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲁⲥ • ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ • ⲉⲓⲱϣ • ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ • ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲁϭⲓⲛⲉⲓ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲱⲙⲁ • ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲁ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲕ\nⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧ︦ⲙ︦ • ⲉ ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲛ ⲇ︦ⲁ︦ⲇ︦ • ⲉϥⲡⲏⲧ • ϩⲏⲧ︦ϥ︦ • ⲛ̄ⲛⲉϥϫⲁϫⲉ • ⲛⲉϩⲙ̄ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲱ • ⲉ ⲧϭⲓϫ • ⲙ\nⲡⲕⲁⲧⲏⲅⲟⲣⲟⲥ • ⲁⲕϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲛⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ ⲙ ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲛⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ ⲛ̄ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ • ϣⲁⲛⲧⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲉ • ⲛ̄ⲛⲉⲓ •","english":"Your people, you saved them from destruction. May you also hear me, and save my soul from destruction. You also heard the prayer of Ezekiel the prophet, and you answered him with a spirit of life. Again, may you also hear my prayer, and give life to my soul, O Lord God of my life. It is you who heard Daniel the prophet when he was in the lion's den; you sent to him Abacum and Ariston. You heard Jonah when he was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, with no way to eat; you caused him to be cast out onto dry land. May you also hear me today, O God, and deliver me from every distress. Whom will you save in this time of fear? It is he who heard the prayer of Elijah the great prophet; you shut the heavens for three years and six months. May you also hear me today, O Lord of heaven and earth. It is he who heard Elisha; he raised up the son of the Shunammite woman for her. Hear me, as I cry out to you in my coming forth from the body, O God of my salvation. It is you who heard the prayer of David when he fled from his enemies. Save my soul also from the hand of the accuser. You were also with the fathers the prophets and the fathers the apostles until they did this.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲓⲉⲍⲉⲕ[ⲓⲏⲗ]","severity":"info","text":"Ezekiel's prayer is not a canonical biblical prayer; the reference likely draws on hagiographic tradition (cf. Vitae Athanasii).","cites":[{"key":"dossier:greek-anonymous-vitae-athanasii-athonitae","label":"gap dossier: The Two Ancient Lives of Athanasius of Athos","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/greek-anonymous-vitae-athanasii-athonitae"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲇⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ","severity":"info","text":"Daniel in the lion's den (Dan 6) is conflated with the apocryphal story of Habakkuk (Abacum) and Ariston bringing food.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲓⲱⲛⲁⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Jonah's three days in the fish (Jon 1:17) is a type of resurrection; the detail 'no way to eat' is an expansion.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Elijah shutting the heavens for three years and six months is not in 1 Kings; it appears in later Coptic homiletic tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Elisha raising the Shunammite's son (2 Kgs 4:32-37) is a standard type of resurrection miracle.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"Here ⲯⲩⲭⲏ is rendered 'soul' (not 'life'), as the context is salvation from destruction and the accuser.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The name ⲁⲃⲃⲁⲕⲟⲩⲙ (Abacum) is a variant of Habakkuk; the pairing with Ariston is unattested in canonical scripture.","The phrase 'coming forth from the body' (ⲉⲓⲱϣ ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ̄ ⲥⲱⲙⲁ) may refer to death or an ascetic withdrawal; the text is ambiguous."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲧⲡⲉ","text":"ⲧⲡⲉ → “heaven”. The abode of God in these texts; 'sky' only in strictly cosmological passages, which are rare here."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲧⲡⲉ","text":"ⲧⲡⲉ carries more than one sense (sky); this passage takes it as “heaven”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"ϭⲟⲙ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲓϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲓ▨▨▨ⲙⲛ̄\nⲛⲉⲓ▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨ⲉⲕⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲓ |\nϩⲱ • ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁ ⲱⲛ︤ϩ︥ • ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲕϩ︤ⲙ︥ϩⲁⲗ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ • ϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ • ϫⲉ ⲁⲕⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ • ϩⲛ̄ ϩⲁϩ • ⲛ̄ⲑⲗⲓⲯⲓⲥ • ⲉⲓⲱϣ ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ • ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ\nⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲡⲁ ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛ︦ⲅ︦ⲧⲛ̄ⲛⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛⲁⲓ • ⲙ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ\nⲡⲉⲕⲛⲟϭ • ⲛ̄ ⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ • ϩ︦ⲛ︦ ⲟⲩⲙⲛ︦ⲧ︦ϣⲁⲛϩⲧⲏϥ\nⲛⲅ̄ϫⲓ ⲛ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲁⲛⲁⲡⲁⲩⲥⲓⲥ • ⲛ︤ϥ︥ⲟⲩⲟⲥ︤ϥ︥ • ⲙ\nⲡⲱⲟϫⲛⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲕⲁⲧⲏⲅⲟⲣⲟⲥ • ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉⲧ ⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ • ⲉ","english":"all the power, and these wonders, and these [lacunae]... and may you also be with me. O God of my life, I am your servant Athanasius. I know that you have heard me in many tribulations, as I cry out to you. Hear me now, my Lord. Send to me Michael, your great archangel, with a merciful heart, that he may take my soul in peace, and deliver it from the accuser who thinks to...","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'archangel' is fixed in Coptic liturgical usage for Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Suriel. Here Michael is named as the great archangel, consistent with his role as intercessor and protector of souls.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"Greek ψυχή; in this context 'soul' is the appropriate rendering, as the prayer asks for the soul to be taken in peace and delivered from the accuser, referring to the soul's fate after death.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲕⲁⲧⲏⲅⲟⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The 'accuser' (ⲕⲁⲧⲏⲅⲟⲣⲟⲥ) echoes the New Testament use of κατήγορος for Satan or a demonic adversary, e.g., in Revelation 12:10 or patristic literature. The prayer seeks deliverance from this figure.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The speaker identifies as 'Athanasius', likely a pseudepigraphal attribution to Athanasius of Alexandria. This is common in Coptic prayers and homilies, lending authority to the text.","cites":[{"key":"ed:budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","label":"source edition: Athanasius Prayer","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/Athanasius%20Prayer%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage continues the narrative pattern of invoking biblical figures (Ezekiel, Daniel) from the previous passage, now shifting to a direct petition for the archangel Michael's intervention, a common structural element in Coptic prayers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text contains lacunae (▨▨▨) after 'ⲛⲉⲓϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ' and later, making the exact list of powers or wonders uncertain. The English draft supplies 'lacunae' but the original may have included specific divine attributes or angelic names.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The lacunae after 'ⲛⲉⲓϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ' and later in the passage obscure the full list of powers or wonders invoked. The reading assumes a petition for Michael's intervention, but the exact wording is uncertain."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ → “archangel”. Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Suriel; the rank is fixed in Coptic liturgical usage."}]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"ⲕⲁⲧⲏⲅⲟⲣⲉⲓ • ⲙⲙⲟⲛ • ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲙⲧⲟ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ⲛⲅ̄ ⲧ︦ⲙ︦ ϫⲓ\nⲕⲁⲧⲏⲅⲟⲣⲓⲁ • ⲉ ϩⲟⲩⲛ • ⲉ ⲡⲉⲕϩ︦ⲙ︦ϩⲁⲗ ⲛⲅ︦ⲣ︦ⲱϩ︤ⲧ︥ • ⲛ̄ⲛⲉⲧ\nϩⲓ ϩⲃⲟⲩⲣ • ⲙⲙⲟⲓ • ⲛ︤ⲅ︥ⲧⲣ︤ϥ︥ⲱϣⲙ̄ • ⲛϭⲓ ⲡϣⲁϩ • ⲙ\nⲡⲕⲱϩ︦ⲧ︦ • ⲛ︦ⲅ︦ϯⲑⲉ • ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉ ⲧⲣⲁⲁϩ • ⲉ ⲣⲁⲁⲧ • ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲙⲧⲟ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ⲡⲉⲧ ⲕⲣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛ ⲧⲟⲓⲕⲟⲩⲙⲉⲛⲏ • ⲧⲏⲣ︦ⲥ︦ • ϩⲛ̄ ⲟⲩϩⲟ • ⲉⲙⲛ̄ ϣⲓⲡⲉ ⲛ̄ϩⲏⲧ︦ϥ︦ • ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩϫⲓ ϣⲓⲡⲉ • ⲛϭⲓ ⲛⲉⲧ ϩⲓ ϩⲃⲟⲩⲣ\nⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲧ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲁⲙ • ⲁⲁϩ • ⲉ ⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ • ϩⲁϩⲧⲏⲓ • ⲙⲁⲣϥ̄ⲱϫⲛ̄ • ⲛ̄ϭⲓ ⲡⲕⲱϩ︦ⲧ︦ • ⲛ ⲁⲧ ϫⲉⲛⲁ • ⲛ︦ⲅ︦ⲑⲙ̄ⲕⲟ • ⲛ\nⲧⲥⲁⲁⲧⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲁⲧ ϣⲓⲡⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϥⲇⲩⲛⲁⲙⲓⲥ • ⲙⲁ ϯⲑⲉ\nⲛⲁⲓ • ⲉ ⲧⲣⲁⲥⲟⲡⲥ︦ⲡ︦ • ⲉϫⲛ̄ ϣⲓⲡⲉ ϩⲓ ϩⲟⲧⲉ • ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲙⲙⲉ ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲁϥ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲟⲩϩⲟⲧⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄\nⲟⲩⲥⲧⲱⲧ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲛⲉϩϣⲗ︦ϥ︦ • ⲙⲡⲉϥⲙⲧⲟ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲁϥ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁ ⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦ • ϩⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϥϭⲓϫ ϯⲥⲟⲡⲥⲡ̄ • ⲙⲙⲟⲕ • ⲡⲁ ϫ︤ⲥ︥ • ⲉⲓⲛⲏⲩ • ⲉ\nϩⲣⲁⲓ • ⲉⲛⲉⲕϭⲓϫ • ⲡⲁⲓ • ⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲟⲩϩⲟⲧⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲥⲧⲱⲧ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲙⲧⲟ • ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϥϣⲁϫⲉ • ϣⲁⲣⲉ ⲧⲡⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄\nⲡⲕⲁϩ • ⲃⲱⲗ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ • ⲥⲧⲱⲧ ϣⲁ ⲛⲉⲩⲥⲛⲧⲉ • [ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ] ⲛⲉⲧⲣ▨▨▨ ⲛ̄ⲛⲟⲩⲛ • ⲥⲧⲱⲧ • | ⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲣⲧⲁⲣⲟⲥ\nϣⲧⲟⲣⲧ︤ⲣ︥ • ϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ • ⲡⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛ ⲁⲟⲣⲁⲧⲟⲥ • ⲟⲩϩⲱⲱϥ • ⲧⲉ ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲛ̄ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ • ⲛ ⲛⲁϩⲣⲛ̄ ⲡⲉⲓ ⲛⲟϭ • ⲉⲧ\nϩⲁ ϩⲟⲧⲉ • ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲅ̄ ⲟⲩⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ • ⲁⲛⲅ̄ ⲟⲩⲣ︦ϥ︦ⲣ︦ ⲛⲟⲃⲉ • ⲛⲓⲙ • ⲡⲉⲧ ⲛⲁϣⲟⲩⲱϩ︦ⲙ︦ • ⲛⲁϥ • ⲛ︦ϥ︦ⲛⲉϫ ⲧⲁ\nⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲛ̄ ⲧⲁⲣⲧⲁⲣⲟⲥ • ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲛⲁϣⲟⲩⲱϩⲙ̄ • ⲛⲁϥ • ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲉϥⲉⲝⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁ • ⲉϥϣⲁⲛⲧⲟⲩⲛⲟⲥⲟⲩ • ⲟⲛ • ⲡⲱϥ ⲡⲉ\nⲡⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ ϩⲏⲡ •","english":"accuse me, do not bring accusation before you. Do not accept accusation against your servant. Do not let those who are beside me be consumed. Let the flame of the fire not be quenched. Give me the means to stand firm before you. The one who judges the whole world with a face without shame, let those who are beside me be ashamed. Let those who are on the right stand beside me. Let the fire of the abyss be quenched. Quench the heat of the shameless one and his powers. Give me the means to overcome shame and fear, for you are the only true God, before whom there is fear, trembling, and prostration. The only God, in whose hands are my soul and my spirit. I beseech you, my Lord, as I come into your hands, the one before whom there is fear and trembling. At his word, the sky and the earth open up, and the mountains tremble to their foundations. The abyss is troubled, for this is the God of the invisible. Likewise, the soul of Athanasius is before this great one who is terrible. If I say, \"I am righteous, I am a sinner,\" who will answer him? Who will cast my soul into Tartarus? Who will answer him in his authority? If they rise again, his is the grasp, and nothing is hidden.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (with definite article) is the standard Coptic term for God in Christian texts, as here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ (Greek ψυχή) means 'soul' in this eschatological context, distinct from 'life' as a living person.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲧⲡⲉ","severity":"info","text":"ⲧⲡⲉ denotes 'heaven' as the abode of God, not the physical sky, consistent with the cosmological pairing with ⲡⲕⲁϩ (earth).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲧⲁⲣⲧⲁⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Tartarus (ⲧⲁⲣⲧⲁⲣⲟⲥ) is a Greek mythological abyss used in Christian texts for the place of punishment, distinct from Gehenna.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲧⲣ▨▨▨","severity":"caution","text":"The lacuna ⲛⲉⲧⲣ▨▨▨ obscures a word or phrase; the context suggests a reference to foundations or roots, but the exact reading is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage shifts from a plea for protection to a doxological description of God's terrifying power, culminating in Athanasius's self-deprecation before judgment.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The lacuna ⲛⲉⲧⲣ▨▨▨ is unreadable; the translation assumes a reference to foundations or roots based on the surrounding imagery of mountains trembling.","The phrase ⲛ̄ⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲧⲣ▨▨▨ ⲛ̄ⲛⲟⲩⲛ may be a scribal error or a damaged reading; the sense is inferred from the parallel with ⲛⲉⲩⲥⲛⲧⲉ (their foundations)."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲧ ϩⲏⲡ • ϩⲙ̄\nⲡϩⲏⲧ ⲙ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ • ⲛⲧⲟϥ • ⲉⲧ ⲇⲟⲕⲓⲙⲁⲍⲉ • ⲛ ⲛϩⲏⲧ • ⲙⲛ̄\nⲛⲉϭⲗⲟⲟⲧⲉ • ⲉϥⲛⲟⲓ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲧ ⲛⲁⲛⲱⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲧ ⲑⲟⲟⲩ • ⲉⲧ ϩⲙ̄ ⲡϩⲏⲧ • ⲙ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ • ϫⲉ ⲛ̄ⲧⲟϥ • ⲡⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲛⲧⲟϥ • ⲡⲉ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • ⲛ ⲧⲁⲣⲉⲧⲏ • ⲉⲓϣⲟⲟⲡ • ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲓ ⲥⲁⲣ︦ⲝ︦ • ⲁⲕⲧⲁⲁⲥ • ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲣ ⲡⲁ ⲟⲩⲱϣ • ϩⲓϫⲙ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ • ⲉ ⲥⲁϩⲟⲩ • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉ ⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛⲉⲓ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ϩ︦ⲛ︦ ⲥⲱⲙⲁ • ⲧⲉⲕⲉⲝⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁ • ⲧⲉⲧ ⲟ • ⲛ̄ ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲓ • ⲉ ϣⲁϫⲉ • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉ ⲧⲙ̄\nϣⲁϫⲉ • ⲉ ⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ • ⲉⲓϣⲟⲟⲡ • ϩ︤ⲛ︥ ϯⲥⲁⲣ︤ⲝ︥ ⲛ ϯⲛⲁⲕⲁ\nⲧⲟⲟⲧ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ⲁⲛ • ⲉⲓϩⲱⲥ • ⲉⲓⲥⲙⲟⲩ • ⲉⲓϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛⲁⲕ •","english":"or against him. The hidden things in the heart of man, it is he who examines the hearts and the thoughts, discerning the good and the evil that are in the heart of man. For it is he who is God, it is he who is the Lord of virtue. I exist in this flesh; you gave it to me to fulfill my desire upon the earth, to curse and to bless. If I go out of the body, your authority is that which is lord over me, to speak and not to speak. Because of this, I exist in the flesh; I will not let go. I praise, I bless, I give glory to you.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The definite article ⲡ- with ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ identifies the Christian God, consistent with the homiletic context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ here renders 'Lord' as a title for Christ, not the everyday 'master', in line with homiletic usage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ refers to the living body as the site of moral struggle, not a corpse, matching ascetic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ is used twice: first with God as object (bless), then in a series with 'praise' and 'give glory' (bless/praise). The context suggests praise of God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from third-person description of God's judgment to first-person address, marking a rhetorical turn in the prayer.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic phrase ⲉⲓϩⲱⲥ ⲉⲓⲥⲙⲟⲩ is ambiguous: ⲥⲙⲟⲩ can mean 'bless' or 'praise'; the parallel with ⲉⲓϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ suggests praise, but the sense is not certain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲉⲓϩⲱⲥ ⲉⲓⲥⲙⲟⲩ: ⲥⲙⲟⲩ may mean 'bless' or 'praise'; the reading 'praise' is adopted based on the parallel with 'give glory'.","The clause ⲉⲧⲙ̄ϣⲁϫⲉ is fragmentary; the translation 'not to speak' is inferred from the context of divine authority."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"ϫⲉ ⲁⲓⲙⲡϣⲁ • ⲉ ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ̄ • ⲙ ⲡⲉⲕⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉ ⲁϩ • ⲉⲣⲁⲧ • ⲙ ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲡⲉϯⲕⲱ ⲛϩⲧⲏⲓ • ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • ϫⲓⲛ ⲧⲁ\nⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧⲕⲟⲩⲓ ϣⲁ ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉ ⲡⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ • ϯⲛⲁⲛⲁϩⲧⲉ • ϩⲁ ⲛⲉϥⲧⲛ︤ϩ︥ • ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲛⲁⲣ̄ϩⲟⲧⲉ • ⲁⲛ • ϩⲏⲧϥ̄ • ⲛⲟⲩϩⲧⲟⲡ\nⲙⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓⲙⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ • ⲙ ⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲙ ⲙⲉⲉⲣⲉ▨▨▨▨▨▨\nⲛ̄ⲣⲱⲙⲉ▨▨▨▨▨|ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧ ϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ • ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ • ϩⲓϫⲙ̄\nⲡⲕⲁϩ • ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ • ⲙⲙⲁⲁⲧⲉ • ϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲓ ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ • ⲡⲉⲛⲧ\nⲁⲛⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛ︦ϥ︦ • ⲙⲁⲣⲛ̄ⲧⲣⲩⲫⲁ • ϩ︦ⲛ︦ ⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲥⲱ ⲙⲛ̄\nⲟⲩϩⲩⲇⲟⲛⲏ • ⲉⲩϣⲟⲩⲉⲓⲧ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲛ̄ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ • ⲁⲛ • ϫⲉ\nⲛⲛⲁⲙⲟⲩ • ⲛ ⲁϣ ⲛ̄ ϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧ ⲥⲁⲛ︦ϣ︦ • ⲛ̄ⲛⲉⲩⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲙ ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ • ⲙ ⲡⲕⲟⲛⲥⲟⲩ • ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧ ϩⲉⲗⲡⲓⲍⲉ ⲉ ⲡⲁϣⲁⲓ ⲛ\nⲧⲉⲩⲙⲛ︦ⲧ︦ⲣ︦ⲙ︦ⲙⲁⲟ • ⲧⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲛ︦ⲥ︦ⲛⲁⲃⲟⲏⲑⲉⲓ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲛ\nϩ︤ⲙ︥ ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲩⲑⲗⲓⲯⲓⲥ • ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲛ︤ⲥ︥ⲛⲁϣϥⲓ ⲁⲛ • ⲉ\nⲃⲟⲗ • ϩⲓ ϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛ̄ ϩⲙⲟⲙ • ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲛⲥ̄ⲛⲁϣϫⲉ\nⲟⲩϣⲁϫⲉ ⲁⲛ • ϩ︦ⲙ︦ ⲡⲃⲏⲙⲁ • ⲙ ⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ • ⲉ ⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ\nⲧⲟⲩⲙⲉⲣⲓⲥ • ⲟⲩⲙⲉⲣⲓⲥ ⲧⲉ • ⲉⲥⲟⲩⲟϣϥ̄ • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲩϭ︦ⲙ︦ⲡϣⲓⲛⲉ • ⲟⲩϭ︦ⲙ︦ⲡϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲡⲉ • ⲛ ⲭⲟⲗⲏ • ϩⲓ ϭⲱⲛ︦ⲧ︦ • ⲁⲛⲟⲕ • ⲅⲁⲣ • ⲁⲛ︦ⲅ︦ ⲟⲩϩ︦ⲙ︦ϩⲁⲗ • ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ϫⲓⲛ ⲧⲁ ⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧ︦ⲕⲟⲩⲓ • ϣⲁ\n⳨*\nⲧⲁⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧ︦ϩ︦ⲗ︦ⲗ︦ⲟ︦ • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛ ϯⲛⲁⲕⲁ ⲧⲟⲟⲧ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ⲁⲛ • ⲉⲓⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ • ⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲓϣⲱⲡⲉ • ⲛⲁϥ ⲛ̄ ⲇⲓⲁⲧⲟⲭⲟⲥ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁ ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ • ⲧⲏⲣ︤ϥ︥ ⲉⲣⲉ\nⲛⲓⲙ • ⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ • ⲛ ⲧⲉⲕϩⲉ ⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ • ⲡⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ • ⲛⲓⲙ • ⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲉⲓ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ • ⲧⲛⲟϭ • ⲛ̄ϭⲟⲙ ⲙ ⲡⲉⲓⲱⲧ • ⲡⲉϫⲡⲟ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ • ⲭⲱⲣⲓⲥ ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ • ⲛ ϯⲛⲁⲗⲟ ⲁⲛ • ⲉⲓⲉⲙⲟⲩ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ •","english":"that I am worthy to worship your law, and to stand before your people, placing my trust in you from my youth until this very day. I will take refuge in his commandments, and I will not fear because of any place or demon at the time of the evening. The men who boast of themselves on earth, saying only, \"This world is what we have known, let us delight in eating, drinking, and pleasure,\" they are foolish, for they do not know that they will die on some day. Those who neglect their souls on the day of their oppression, who hope for the abundance of their wealth, which will not help them in their distress, nor will it lift a little heat from them, nor will they speak a word before the tribunal of Christ. Therefore, their portion is a bitter portion, and their reward is a reward of bile and wrath. For I am a servant of Christ from my youth until my old age, and I will not let go, blessing him and his beloved son, and I have become his successor for all my time. Who is like you, O Christ? Whom everyone desires to see? You are Jesus, the great power of the Father, born from the Virgin without a male, and I will not cease to die for you.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ","severity":"info","text":"The verb ⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ denotes prostration in worship, distinct from ⲟⲩⲱϣ 'to wish'. Here it governs ⲡⲉⲕⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ 'your law', a rare object for this verb, suggesting the law is venerated as a divine entity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Greek παρθένος, fixed in Coptic Marian usage as 'virgin' (not 'young woman'). The phrase 'born from the Virgin without a male' (ϭⲱⲣⲓⲥ ϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ) echoes standard Christological affirmations of Mary's perpetual virginity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲃⲏⲙⲁ ⲙ ⲡⲉⲭⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The 'tribunal of Christ' (ⲡⲃⲏⲙⲁ ⲙ ⲡⲉⲭⲥ) alludes to the eschatological judgment scene common in early Christian literature, e.g., Matthew 25:31–46. The Coptic phrase is formulaic in homiletic contexts.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲇⲓⲁⲧⲟⲭⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Greek διάδοχος 'successor'. The speaker claims to be Christ's successor (ⲇⲓⲁⲧⲟⲭⲟⲥ ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁ ⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ), a striking assertion that may reflect a monastic or clerical office, possibly the author's self-identification as Athanasius or a later figure.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛ̄ⲣⲱⲙⲉ▨▨▨▨▨|ⲛⲁⲓ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text is damaged at ⲛ̄ⲣⲱⲙⲉ▨▨▨▨▨|ⲛⲁⲓ, with lacunae indicated by ▨. The reading 'the men who boast' is conjectural; the exact antecedent of ⲛⲁⲓ 'these' is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲛⲟⲕ • ⲅⲁⲣ • ⲁⲛⲅ ⲟⲩϩⲙϩⲁⲗ • ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲭⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The declaration 'I am a servant of Christ from my youth until my old age' is a topos in Coptic monastic and hagiographic literature, often used to assert lifelong devotion. The passage may derive from a prayer attributed to Athanasius, as in the Budge edition (ed:budge-misc.athanasius-prayer).","cites":[{"key":"ed:budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","label":"source edition: Athanasius Prayer","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/Athanasius%20Prayer%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The lacunae after ⲛ̄ⲣⲱⲙⲉ obscure the exact description of the boastful men; the translation 'who boast of themselves' is a plausible restoration but not certain.","The identity of the speaker (Athanasius? a generic monastic voice?) is not explicit in the Coptic; the claim to be Christ's 'successor' (ⲇⲓⲁⲧⲟⲭⲟⲥ) is ambiguous—it could mean a spiritual heir or a literal office-holder."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ","text":"ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ → “virgin”. Greek παρθένος. In Marian texts the technical sense is fixed; the non-technical 'young woman' belongs to Greek, not to the Coptic usage."}]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"ⲡⲙⲁⲣⲕⲁⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ • ⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲛ ϯⲛⲁⲗⲟ ⲁⲛ • ⲉⲕⲙⲟⲩ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉⲧ ⲙⲏⲛ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉ ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ • ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲉⲓⲱⲧ • ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲭⲉⲓⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ • ⲙⲛ̄ • ⲛⲉⲥⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲛ • ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ • |\nⲛⲧⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉⲧ ϣⲟⲟⲡ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲉⲓⲱⲧ • ⲙ ⲙⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ • ⲛⲓⲙ • ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⁘ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲧⲱϣ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ • ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⁘ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲧ ϭⲟⲙ • ⲛ̄ ⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⁘ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲟⲙ ⲛ ⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ • ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⁘ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉ ⲡϣⲟϫⲛⲉ ⲛ ⲛⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ • ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ • ⲥⲉ","english":"The blessed one, the holy one, I cannot approach you, to die at your door, the one who is constant, who is free forever. You are Jesus, the son of the Father. Amen. You are the one who commands the cherubim and the seraphim. Amen. You are the one who exists with the Father at all times. Amen. You are the one who binds the angels. Amen. You are the strength of the heavens. Amen. You are the crown of the martyrs. Amen. You are the counsel of all the holy ones. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲙⲁⲣⲕⲁⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Greek loanword μακάριος, 'blessed one', here in the Coptic definite singular. In hagiographic contexts it often refers to a saint or martyr, but the antecedent is ambiguous.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Greek μάρτυς, rendered 'martyr' per the pinned glossary. The phrase 'crown of the martyrs' is a standard topos in Coptic encomia, linking Christ to the martyrs' victory.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Greek ἄγγελος, 'angel'. The clause 'you are the one who binds the angels' suggests Christ's authority over angelic beings, a theme found in Coptic liturgical acclamations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The repeated phrase 'ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ' (amen) after each clause forms a litany-like structure. This doxological pattern is typical of Coptic homiletic closings, reinforcing the acclamatory tone.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"ⲭⲉⲓⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲥⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲛ","severity":"info","text":"Cherubim and seraphim are angelic orders from the Hebrew Bible (e.g., Isaiah 6). Their pairing here echoes the Sanctus of the Coptic liturgy, where Christ is acclaimed as their commander.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲙⲁⲣⲕⲁⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ • ⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ","severity":"caution","text":"The opening phrase 'the blessed one, the holy one' lacks a clear antecedent. It may refer to Christ (as the following 'you are Jesus' suggests) or to a saint; the Coptic syntax is ambiguous.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The antecedent of 'the blessed one, the holy one' is unclear; it could be Christ or a saint, though the subsequent address 'you are Jesus' favors Christ.","The phrase 'to die at your door' (ⲉⲕⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ) is obscure; it may be a metaphor for seeking martyrdom or spiritual refuge.","The Coptic ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ is a fixed liturgical formula; its placement after each clause may indicate a congregational response, but the text does not mark speaker changes."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":13,"ref":"p13","source":"ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⁘ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛ ϣⲟϫⲛⲉ • ⲙ̄ ⲡⲉⲓⲱⲧ • ϩⲏⲡ ⲛϩⲏⲧ︤ϥ︥ • ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉ ⲧⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ • ⲛ̄\nⲛⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ • ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⁘ ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉ ⲡⲗⲁⲥ • ⲛ̄\nⲛ̄ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⁖-ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲁ ⲱⲛ︦ϩ︦ • ⲥⲉ\nϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⁘-ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲓ︤ⲥ︥ ⲡϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ • ⲙ ⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ\nⲧⲏⲣϥ̄ ⲥⲉ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⁘ ⲓ̄ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ • ⲑⲉⲗⲡⲓⲥ • ⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ • ⲛⲓⲙ • ⲉⲧ ⲕⲱ ⲛϩⲧⲏⲩ • ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ • ⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ • ⲛⲧⲉⲕϩⲉ • ⲏ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲉⲧ ⲧⲛ̄ⲧⲱⲛ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ • ⲡⲣ︦ⲣ︦ⲟ︦ • ⲡⲉⲧ\nϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲭⲉⲓⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲥⲉⲣⲁⲫⲉⲓⲛ • ⲁϩ • ⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ • ⲙⲡⲉϥⲙⲧⲟ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ⲉⲣⲉ ⲧⲡⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄\nⲡⲕⲁϩ ϭⲱϣⲧ̄ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ϩⲏⲧ︦ϥ︦ • ⲙ ⲡⲉⲕⲛⲁ • ⲉⲧ ⲱϣ ⲛⲁⲩ • ⲙ ⲡⲉⲩⲱⲛ︦ϩ︦ • ⲛ̄ ⲣⲱⲙⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛ̄ⲧⲃⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲑⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛ̄ϩⲁⲗⲁⲁⲧⲉ • ⲉⲕⲥⲁⲛ︦ϣ︦ • ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ • ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁⲩϩⲉⲣⲙⲏⲛⲉⲩⲉ • ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ϫⲉ ⲉⲙⲙⲁⲛⲟⲩⲏⲗ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉϣⲁⲩⲟⲩⲁϩⲙⲉϥ • ϫⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲛ︦ⲙ︦ⲙ︦ⲁ︦ⲛ︦ • ⲛⲧⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • ϫⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲃⲟⲩⲛⲏ • ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲥⲁϩ ⲡⲕⲟⲩⲓ • ϩ︦ⲛ︦ ⲧⲉϥϭⲓⲛⲙⲓⲥⲉ • ⲡⲛⲟϭ ϩⲱⲱϥ • ϩⲛ̄ ⲧⲉϥⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧ︦ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ\nⲣⲟⲕ • ⲡⲱⲕ • ⲡⲉ • ⲡⲉⲥⲙⲟⲩ • ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛⲁⲕ • ⲡⲱⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ▨▨▨▨ⲧⲙⲛ︦ⲧ︦ϣⲁⲛϩⲧⲏϥ • ⲡⲁ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ\n▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨ⲣⲟⲥ |ⲁ ⲡⲉⲕⲥⲛⲟϥ • ⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ • ⲥⲟⲟⲩϩⲟⲩ • ⲉ ϩⲟⲩⲛ • ⲉⲩⲁⲅⲉⲗⲏ • ⲛ ⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲁⲕⲥⲟⲟⲩϩⲟⲩ • ⲉ ϩⲟⲩⲛ • ⲉ ⲡⲙⲁ • ⲙ\nⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ ⲉⲧ ⲟⲣ︦ϫ︦ • ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲱⲛϣ̄ ⲛⲁϩⲉ • ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • ⲁⲛ • ϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ • ⲁⲕⲕⲁⲑⲓⲥⲧⲁ • ⲉ ϫⲱⲟⲩ • ⲛ̄ϩⲉⲛϣⲱⲥ • ⲉⲩⲛ̄ϩⲟⲧ • ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲩⲛⲁⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ • ϩ︦ⲛ︦ ⲟⲩⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥⲩⲛⲏ • ⲙⲡⲣ̄ ⲟⲩⲉ •","english":"Amen. You are the one whose counsel, of the Father, is hidden within him. Amen. You are the mouth of the prophets. Amen. You are the tongue of the angels. Amen. You are Jesus, my life. Amen. You are Jesus, the glory of the whole world. Amen. Jesus Christ, the hope of everyone who sets their heart upon him. Who can come to you? Who can approach your presence? Or who can be compared to you, the king who sits upon the cherubim, while the seraphim stand before him? The heaven and the earth look out from within your grace, which grants them their life. The men, the beasts, the wild animals, and the fish—you have created them all. You are the one whom they have interpreted as Emmanuel, which is interpreted as \"God is with us.\" You are the one who is called \"Rabouni,\" God and the small teacher in his birth, the great one in his divinity. If I bless you, the blessing is yours. If I give glory to you, the glory is yours. ... your holy blood has gathered into a single flock. You have gathered them into the place of the true pasture, upon which life will stand forever. You have established them with rods that have mercy, which will shepherd them in righteousness. Do not delay.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"The verb ⲥⲙⲟⲩ covers both 'bless' and 'praise'; here the object is God, so 'praise' is the intended sense, as the following clause makes the blessing the property of God.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ with the definite article names God in Christian texts; here it is used in the interpretation of 'Emmanuel' and 'Rabouni', reinforcing the divine identity of Christ.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲉⲙⲙⲁⲛⲟⲩⲏⲗ","severity":"info","text":"Emmanuel (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23) is cited and interpreted as 'God is with us', a standard Christological proof-text in Coptic homiletics.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ϩⲣⲁⲃⲟⲩⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"Rabouni (John 20:16) is a transliteration of Aramaic 'my teacher'; the text glosses it as 'God and the small teacher in his birth, the great one in his divinity', harmonising Christ's humanity and divinity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"▨▨▨▨ⲧⲙⲛ︦ⲧ︦ϣⲁⲛϩⲧⲏϥ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text is damaged with lacunae; the reading 'your holy blood has gathered into a single flock' is conjectural, as the preceding lines are lost.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The repeated 'amen' (ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ) punctuates each doxological acclamation, a liturgical feature typical of Coptic homiletic conclusions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The lacunae in the Coptic text obscure the transition from the doxological series to the pastoral imagery of the flock; the reading 'your holy blood' is a reconstruction based on the surrounding context."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":14,"ref":"p14","source":"ⲙⲙⲟⲓ • ⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ • ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲕ̄ ⲟⲩⲛⲁⲏⲧ • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙ ⲙⲁⲓ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲁⲕⲛⲁϩⲙⲉⲧ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ϩⲓⲧⲛ̄ ⲧⲁⲙⲉⲗⲓⲁ ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ • ⲁⲕⲕⲁⲁⲧ • ⲛ̄ϣⲱⲥ ⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ • ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ • ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩⲱϣ • ϯⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ • ⲡⲣ︦ϥ︦ⲛⲟϩ︦ⲙ︦ • ⲙⲙⲟⲓ • ϯⲥⲙⲟⲩ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ ⲡⲁ ⲛⲉⲓ ⲥⲙⲟⲩ • ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲡϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ • ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ • ⲧϭⲟⲙ • ⲛ̄\nⲛⲉⲭⲉⲓⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲥⲉⲣⲁⲫⲓⲛ • ϯⲛⲁⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉⲧ ϯ ⲕⲛ̄ⲛⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲕⲁϩ • ⲉϥⲁⲩⲝⲁⲛⲉ • ⲓ̄ⲥ︦ ⲡⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ ⲛ̄","english":"of me. You are Christ, for you are merciful, and a lover of soul. You have saved me from destruction through the negligence of my fathers. You have left me to pasture among your people. I have walked among them according to your will. I bless your mouth, the savior of me. I bless your mouth, my blessing of all these blessings, the glory of the saints. Jesus, the power of the cherubim and the seraphim. I will bless your mouth, the one who gives the earth its increase. Jesus, the wise one of","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲯⲩⲭⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ψυχή is rendered 'soul' per the pinned glossary, but here in the phrase ⲙⲁⲓ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ ('lover of soul') it refers to the inner life of a person, not the living self.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"The verb ⲥⲙⲟⲩ appears three times in this passage. When directed to Christ ('I bless your mouth'), it means 'praise'; the glossary rule applies: God is praised, a person is blessed.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'power of the cherubim and the seraphim' echoes the angelic hierarchy common in Coptic liturgy, where Christ is acclaimed as the source of angelic power.","cites":[{"key":"ed:budge-misc.athanasius-prayer","label":"source edition: Athanasius Prayer","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Budge%20Miscellaneous%20OCR%20Output/Budge_Misc_ApocPaul/Apoc%20Paul%20Input/Athanasius%20Prayer%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":["Budge 1915"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a narrative of salvation ('you have saved me') to a series of doxological blessings ('I bless your mouth'), marking a liturgical crescendo.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲕⲕⲁⲁⲧ • ⲛ̄ϣⲱⲥ","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase ⲁⲕⲕⲁⲁⲧ ⲛ̄ϣⲱⲥ is ambiguous: it could mean 'you left me to pasture' (as in the draft) or 'you placed me as a shepherd.' The Coptic verb ⲕⲱ and the noun ϣⲱⲥ allow both readings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["ⲁⲕⲕⲁⲁⲧ ⲛ̄ϣⲱⲥ: 'you left me to pasture' vs. 'you placed me as a shepherd'; the draft takes the former.","ⲡⲉⲧ ϯ ⲕⲛ̄ⲛⲉ ⲙ ⲡⲕⲁϩ: 'the one who gives the earth its increase' is clear, but the final line is fragmentary (ⲓ̄ⲥ︦ ⲡⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ ⲛ̄), breaking off before completion."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]},{"i":15,"ref":"p15","source":"ⲛϫⲱⲱⲣⲉ • ϯⲛⲁⲥⲙⲟⲩ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ • ⲧⲉϭⲣⲏⲏⲡⲉ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲣ̄ⲣⲱⲟⲩ • ⲛ̄ ⲛ̄ⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ • ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲟⲙ • ⲉⲧⲉ ⲙⲉϥϩⲱϭⲃ̄\nⲡⲱⲛϩ̄ • ⲛ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ • ⲛⲓⲙ • ϯⲥⲙⲟⲩ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ • ⲧⲁⲛⲁⲥⲧⲁⲥⲓⲥ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲟⲛ • ⲛⲓⲙ • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ϩⲙ̄\nⲡⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ • ⲡⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲧⲡⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲕⲁϩ • ⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲡⲉϥϣⲁϫⲉ • ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲧ︤ⲗ︥ϯⲗⲉ • ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ • ⲉⲥⲁϣⲉ ⲛ̄ⲥⲁ\nⲟⲩⲕⲁⲇⲟⲥ • ⲡⲉⲓⲱⲧ • ⲙ̄ ⲡⲧⲏⲣ︦ϥ︦ • ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥϣⲱⲗ • ⲛ\nⲁⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲉ • ⲁϥⲧⲁⲕⲟ ⲛ̄ⲉⲇⲱⲙ ⲁϥⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲛ̄ ⲁⲇⲁⲙ • ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ • ⲁϥϭⲱⲧⲡ̄ • ⲙ̄ ⲡϫⲁϫⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲧⲉϥϭⲟⲙ • ⲧⲏⲣⲥ̄ • ⲁϥϯ ⲡⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ • ⲙ ⲡⲣⲏ • ⲁϥⲧⲱϣ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲧⲣⲟⲭⲟⲥ ⲙ ⲡⲟⲟϩ • ⲁϥϯ ⲣⲁⲛ • ⲡⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ • ⲛ ⲛⲥⲓⲟⲩ • | ⲁϥⲧⲱϣ • ⲛ̄ⲥⲁϣϥⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲉ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲥⲁϣϥ̄ • ⲛⲥⲧⲉⲣⲉⲱⲙⲁ • ⲁϥⲥ︦ⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲥⲛ̄ⲧⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲕⲁϩ • ϩⲓϫⲙ̄ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲁϥⲕⲱ ⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ • ϩⲁ ⲡⲕⲁϩ • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛ̄ⲛⲟⲩⲛ • ⲛ̄ⲥⲁ ⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ • ⲙ ⲡⲕⲁϩ • ϯⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ • ⲡⲉⲛⲧ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲓⲉ ⲡⲥⲱⲛ︦ⲧ︦ ⲧⲏⲣϥ̄ • ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲉϥϣⲁϫⲉ • ⲉ ⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ • ⲙⲙⲟϥ • ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲙⲉϩ ⲥⲁϣϥ̄ • ⲛ̄ϩⲟⲟⲩ • ϯⲥⲙⲟⲩ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ • ⲡⲁⲗⲫⲁ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲱ • ⲧⲁⲣⲭⲏ\nⲙⲛ̄ ⲡϫⲱⲕ • ⲛ ϯⲛⲁⲗⲟ ⲁⲛ • ⲉⲓⲥⲙⲟⲩ • ⲉ ⲣⲟⲕ ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲁⲓ\nⲉ ϯⲛⲏⲩ • ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ • ⲉ ⲛⲉϥϭⲓϫ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲟϥ ⲡⲉ\nⲡⲁ ⲣϥ̄ϣⲟⲡⲧ̄ • ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • ⲁⲩⲱ • ⲧⲛⲁϣⲧⲉ ⲡⲉ • ⲙ̄ ⲡⲁ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ • ⲙⲡⲣ̄ ϯ ϣⲓⲡⲉ • ⲛⲁⲓ • ϩⲙ̄ ⲡⲉ ϯ ϭⲱϣⲧ̄ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ\nϩⲏⲧϥ̄ • ⲥⲱⲧⲙ̄ • ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ • ⲉ ⲡⲁ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲙ̄ⲡⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛ︤ⲅ︥ⲧⲛ̄ⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ • ⲙ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ • ⲡⲉⲕⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ • ⲛϥ̄ϫⲓ • ⲛ̄ⲧⲟⲟⲧ • ⲛ̄ ⲧⲁ ⲯⲩⲭⲏ ϩⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲁⲛⲁⲡⲁⲩⲥⲓⲥ • ⲛⲅ̄ⲕⲁⲑⲓⲥⲧⲁ • ⲙⲙⲟⲥ • ⲉ ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ • ⲛ ⲛⲉⲕⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧ︦ϣⲁⲛϩⲧⲏϥ • ϫⲉ ⲡⲱⲕ • ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ •","english":"of the strong. I bless you, the crown of the kings of the righteous, your crown which does not wither. The life of everyone, I bless you, the resurrection of everyone, and the light that shines forth from the light, which heaven and earth pursue after its word like a drop of water pursuing a jar. The father of the whole, who opened the abyss, destroyed Edom, brought Adam up with his children, vanquished the enemy and all his power, gave the light of the sun, fixed the orbits of the moon, gave names to the multitude of stars, fixed the seven planets and the seven firmaments, established the earth upon the water, placed the water beneath the earth, and the depths below the earth. I bless you, who created the entire order by his word, when he rested on the seventh day. I bless you, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will not cease to bless you, Jesus, for I come into his hands, because he is my creator, and he is the one who grasps my salvation. Do not shame me in your gaze. Listen, Lord, to my prayer today. Send me Michael, your archangel, to take my soul from my hand in peace, and to set it in the city of your mercy, for yours is the glory and the grasp.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"The verb ⲥⲙⲟⲩ is rendered 'bless' throughout, but here the object is Christ, so the sense is 'praise' (cf. glossary: God is praised, a person is blessed).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲗⲫⲁ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲱ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'Alpha and Omega' (ⲁⲗⲫⲁ ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲱ) echoes Revelation 1:8, 21:6, where Christ declares himself the beginning and the end.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ","severity":"info","text":"The request for Michael the archangel to take the soul is a common motif in Coptic prayer and funeral literature, reflecting Michael's role as psychopomp.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:ethiopic-anonymous-prayer-mary-bartos","label":"gap dossier: Prayer of Our Lady Mary which she prayed in the country of Bartos","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-prayer-mary-bartos"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a series of epithets (crown, life, resurrection, light) to a narrative of creation and redemption, then to a direct petition for Michael's intercession.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛϫⲱⲱⲣⲉ","severity":"caution","text":"The opening ⲛϫⲱⲱⲣⲉ is obscure; it may be a misreading or a variant of ⲛϫⲟⲟⲣ (strong ones) or a proper name. The translation 'of the strong' is tentative.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["ⲛϫⲱⲱⲣⲉ: possibly a corruption or variant; the reading 'of the strong' is provisional.","ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲟⲙ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲙⲉϥϩⲱϭⲃ̄: 'your crown which does not wither' is clear, but the antecedent of the possessive may be Christ or the kings."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲛⲁⲥⲧⲁⲥⲓⲥ","text":"ⲁⲛⲁⲥⲧⲁⲥⲓⲥ → “resurrection”. Greek ἀνάστασις; the general resurrection and Christ's are distinguished by context, not by the word."}]},{"i":16,"ref":"p16","source":"ϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ • ⲛⲉⲛⲉϩ • ⲁⲙⲏⲛ • ⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲣ ϥ̄ϫⲱⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ⲙ ⲡⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ • ⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ • ⲛϭⲓ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ • ⲁϥϯ ⲙ ⲡⲉϥⲡⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲛⲑⲉ • ⲛⲟⲩⲁ • ⲉ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲃϣ̄ • ⲛ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲥⲁϣϥ̄ • ⲙ ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ̄ • ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ\nϯⲙⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ • ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ • ⲛⲉⲓⲁⲁϩ ⲉⲣⲁⲧ • ⲉ ⲡⲡⲉⲧ\nⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ • ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ • ⲉϥⲛⲁⲕⲁ ⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ • ϯⲣ\nⲙ︦ⲛ︦ⲧ︦ⲣⲉ • ⲛⲏⲧⲛ̄ ⲙⲡ︦ⲙ︦ⲧⲟ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ ⲙ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲛ▨▨▨▨\n▨▨▨▨▨▨ⲛ▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨ⲏ |\nⲛⲑⲉ ⲛ ⲟⲩⲭⲓⲟⲛ ⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ • ⲉ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ • ⲁϥϫⲓ • ⲛ̄ ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ • ⲛ̄ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ • ⲁϥϩⲱⲗ • ⲉ ⲡϫⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲥ • ⲉⲥⲟ • ⲙ ⲡⲧⲩⲡⲟⲥ • ⲛ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ • ⲙⲙⲁⲁⲧⲉ • ⲁⲓⲛⲁⲩ • ⲉ\nⲡⲉⲭⲟⲣⲟⲥ • ⲛ̄ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ • ⲉⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲉⲩϫⲱ\nⲙⲙⲟⲥ • ϫⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲛ̄ϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲙ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁϥϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛ ⲛⲉϥⲡⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲛⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ϩⲱⲱⲛ • ⲛⲁⲙⲉⲣⲁⲁⲧⲉ • ⲙⲁⲣⲛ̄ ⲡⲱⲧ • ⲛ̄ⲥⲁ ⲛⲉⲥⲃⲟⲟⲩⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ • ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲛϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ • ⲙ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲕⲁⲛ ⲛⲧⲛ̄ⲛⲁϣⲡⲱϩ • ⲁⲛ\nⲉ ⲡϣⲓ ⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ • ⲁⲗⲗⲁ • ⲙⲁⲣⲛ̄ ⲁⲡⲁⲧⲟⲟⲧ︦ⲛ︦ ⲉ ⲡϩⲱⲃ • ⲙⲙⲁⲁⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲁϯ ⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ̄ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲁⲛ • ⲛⲧ︦ⲛ︦ϫⲟⲕϥ̄ • ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛ̄ⲛⲁⲩ ⲱ̄ ⲛⲁⲙⲉⲣⲁⲁⲧⲉ • ⲉ ⲡⲉⲓ\nⲛⲟϭ • ⲛ̄ ϣⲟⲉⲓϫ • ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲙⲓϣⲉ • ⲛ ⲁϣ ⲛ ϩⲉ • ϣⲁⲛⲧ\nⲉϥⲁⲡⲁⲛⲧⲁ • ⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲛϥ̄ϫⲓ ⲙ ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲟⲙ ⲙ ⲡⲱⲛ︦ϩ︦ • ⲉⲁ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲁϥ • ⲛ ⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ • ϩⲓ ⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ • ⲡⲁⲓ\nⲛⲧⲁⲩⲧⲁⲗⲟϥ • ⲉϫⲛ̄ ⲛⲉⲭⲉⲓⲣⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ • ⲛϩⲁϩ• ⲛⲥⲟⲡ ⲉ ⲁϥϯϣⲓⲡⲉ • ⲛ ⲛ︤ⲣ︦ⲣ︥ⲱⲟⲩ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲛϩⲁⲓⲣⲉϯⲕⲟⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲛ̄ ⲧϭⲟⲙ • ⲙ\nⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ • ⲉⲧ ⲛⲙ̄ⲙⲁϥ • ⲁⲛⲁⲩ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲁϣ • ⲛϭⲟⲧ • ⲡⲉ\nϩⲉ ⲉ ϩⲣⲁⲓ • ⲉⲛϭⲓϫ • ⲙ ⲡⲛⲟ̄ⲧⲉ ⲉⲧ ⲟⲛ︤ϩ︥ • ⲉ ⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ • ⲉⲕϣⲁⲛⲣ̄ ⲛⲟⲃⲉ •","english":"forever and ever, amen. When Apa Athanasios finished the holy prayer, he gave up his spirit like one who had completed his service on the seventh day of Pachons. I, Timothy the deacon, stood near the holy Athanasios as he was about to lay down his body. I bear witness before you in the presence of God... like a column. I saw Michael take the soul of Athanasios and ascend with it to the heights. It bore the likeness of Athanasios alone. I saw the chorus of angels blessing God, saying, \"Let us give glory to God, for he has given glory to his saints.\" As for us, the wretched ones, let us pursue the teachings of our father Athanasios, giving glory to God. Even if we cannot reach the greatness of our fathers, let us at least set our hands to the work, and God will help us complete it. You have seen, O wretched ones, this great struggle, how he fought until he met God and received the crown of life. God spoke with him face to face. He was lifted up upon the cherubim many times, and he put to shame kings and heretics through the power of God that was with him. See what great strength this is, to fall into the hands of the living God. Therefore, if you sin...","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲛ︦ⲁ︦","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲛ︦ⲁ︦ (spirit) is a Greek loanword (πνεῦμα). Here it refers to the life-breath or soul, not the Holy Spirit, as the context is the moment of death.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ (the deacon) is a fixed rendering for the liturgical office; here it identifies the narrator Timothy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ (angels) is the Greek loanword ἄγγελοι; in this context it refers to celestial beings, not human messengers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲟⲙ ⲙ ⲡⲱⲛ︦ϩ︦","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲟⲙ ⲙ ⲡⲱⲛ︦ϩ︦ (the crown of life) echoes New Testament imagery of the crown as a reward for martyrdom or ascetic struggle (cf. 1 Cor 9:25, Rev 2:10).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲥⲟⲩ ⲥⲁϣϥ̄ ⲙ ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ̄","severity":"info","text":"The date ⲥⲟⲩ ⲥⲁϣϥ̄ ⲙ ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ̄ (the seventh day of Pachons) corresponds to 2 May in the Julian calendar, a date associated with the commemoration of Athanasius in Coptic tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛ▨▨▨▨▨▨ⲛ▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨▨ⲏ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text contains a lacuna of approximately 20 characters, making the phrase after ⲙ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (of God) uncertain. The English draft supplies 'like a column' but this is conjectural.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The lacuna after ⲙ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ leaves the comparison incomplete; the English draft's 'like a column' is a plausible restoration but not certain.","The phrase ⲁϥϯ ⲙ ⲡⲉϥⲡⲛ︦ⲁ︦ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲁ could be read as 'he gave his spirit like one who...' or 'he gave his spirit in the manner of one who...'; the sense is the same."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ","text":"ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ → “deacon”. The office in liturgical texts; 'servant' only in citations of the New Testament."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲡⲁ","text":"ⲁⲡⲁ → “Apa”. A title of a monastic father. Left as 'Apa' because it is a form of address, and 'father' would collide with the biological sense in the same sentence."}]},{"i":17,"ref":"p17","source":"ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ ϥⲛⲁϯⲙⲱⲣⲉⲓ • ⲙⲙⲟⲕ • ⲉⲕϣⲁⲛⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲇⲉ • ⲙ ⲡⲡⲉⲧ ⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ • ϥⲛⲁⲣⲁϣⲉ ⲛ︤ⲙ︥ⲙⲁⲕ • ⲛϥ̄ⲧⲣⲉⲕⲁⲡⲁⲛⲧⲁ • ⲉ ⲣⲟϥ • ϩⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲁⲡⲁⲛⲧⲏⲙⲁ ⲉⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩ • ⲛϥϯ • ⲛⲁⲕ • ⲙ ⲡⲉ▨▨ • ⲙⲛ̄▨▨ⲱⲛϩ • ϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ • ϩⲓⲧⲛ\nⲓ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉⲛϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ | ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉ ⲃⲟⲗ • ϩⲓ ⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ̄ • ⲉⲣⲉ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛⲓⲙ • ϩⲓ ⲧⲁⲓⲟ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡⲣⲉⲡⲉⲓ ⲛⲁϥ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲉϥⲉⲓⲱⲧ • ⲛ\nⲁⲅⲁⲑⲟⲥ • ⲙⲛ̄ ⲡⲉⲡⲛ︦ⲁ︦ • ⲉⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ • ⲛ ⲣ︦ϥ︦ⲧⲁⲛϩⲟ • ⲁⲩⲱ\nⲛ̄ ϩⲟⲙⲟⲟⲩⲥⲓⲟⲥ • ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ • ⲛⲓⲙ • ϣⲁ\nⲉⲛⲉϩ •","english":"...he will meet you. If you do what is good, he will rejoice with you and cause you to meet him in a good meeting. He will give you the ... and the ... of life forever, through Jesus Christ our Lord. This is from his hand. What glory and what honor is fitting for him, and for his father, the good one, and the Holy Spirit, the life-giving and consubstantial, now and at all times, forever.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛϥϯ • ⲛⲁⲕ • ⲙ ⲡⲉ▨▨ • ⲙⲛ̄▨▨ⲱⲛϩ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text is damaged here; the lacunae obscure the direct object of 'he will give you'. The English draft supplies 'the ... and the ... of life forever', but the original wording is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛ ⲣ︦ϥ︦ⲧⲁⲛϩⲟ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic phrase ⲛ ⲣ︦ϥ︦ⲧⲁⲛϩⲟ (n ref tanho) is a nominalized form meaning 'life-giving' or 'the one who gives life', likely modifying the Holy Spirit. It echoes the Nicene language of the Spirit as 'life-giving' (ζωοποιόν).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲛ̄ ϩⲟⲙⲟⲟⲩⲥⲓⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲟⲙⲟⲟⲩⲥⲓⲟⲥ (homoousios) is a technical theological term meaning 'consubstantial' or 'of the same substance', central to the Nicene Creed. Its use here affirms the orthodox Trinitarian doctrine associated with Athanasius.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The doxological conclusion invoking the Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) with the term 'consubstantial' reflects the theological controversies of the fourth century, in which Athanasius of Alexandria was a key defender of Nicene orthodoxy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage concludes the narrative of Athanasius's death with a direct address to the reader or hearer, shifting from third-person narration to a second-person promise of reward for good deeds, followed by a trinitarian doxology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The lacunae in the Coptic text (ⲡⲉ▨▨ and ▨▨ⲱⲛϩ) make the exact gift promised uncertain; the English draft supplies 'the ... and the ... of life forever' as a plausible restoration.","The phrase ⲉⲣⲉ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ • ⲛⲓⲙ • ϩⲓ ⲧⲁⲓⲟ ⲛⲓⲙ (ere eou nim hi taio nim) is ambiguous: it may be read as 'what glory and what honor' (interrogative) or 'some glory and some honor' (indefinite). The English draft takes the former."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[]}]}