1 …ⲛ ⲟⲩⲁ ⲛⲛϩⲗⲗⲟ · ..
…one of the elders…
2 ⲙ.
of(?)
3 ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲉϥϭⲓⲛⲱⲛⲁϩ ·
he saw his way of life
4 ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲁⲛ ⲉⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲛⲡⲉⲧⲛⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ .
and he said to him: “Is it nothing that you see from your God?”
5 ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉⲙⲙⲟⲛ . ⲻ
He said: “No”.
6 ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛϭⲓⲡϩⲓⲉⲣⲉⲩⲥ ϫⲉⲁⲛⲟⲛ ϩⲉⲛⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲗⲓⲧⲟⲩⲣⲅⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲧⲛⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ·
He said, that is the priest: “Us, it is small liturgies that we do
7 ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ϭⲟⲗⲡ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ . ⲻ
and the mysteries are revealed to us
8 ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲓϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲓϭⲟⲧ · ⲻ ⲛⲉⲓⲟⲩϣⲏ ⲛⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ · ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲓⲁⲥⲕⲏⲥⲓⲥ · ⲙⲛⲡⲉⲓⲥϭⲣⲁϩⲧ ·
and you, you do these toils of this sort, these nights of vigilance and these asceticisms and this silence,
9 ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲉⲧⲛϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲙⲛⲧⲁⲛ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲙⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲉϥϩⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ·
and you say: ‘we don't have any thought that's wicked in our heart',
10 ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉⲧⲡⲱⲣϫ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ ⲉⲡⲉⲧⲛⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ·
and still (there is?) that which separates you from your God,
11 ⲛϥϭⲱⲗⲡ ⲁⲛ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ⲛⲛⲉϥⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ .
as he doesn't reveal his mysteries to you.”
12 ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲇⲉ ⲛϭⲓⲛⲉⲛⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲣϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲩ ϫⲉⲙⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲉⲧϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲙⲉ ⲛⲉϣⲁⲩⲡⲟⲣϫⲛ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ .
And after they heard, that is the elders, they were amazed and they said: “The thoughts that are wicked truly have always separated us from God.”