life.pisentius.03 Chapter 1

a number of wolves attacked me;

now they ejected a lot of dung on my back, and threw up very much dust about me,

and I was obliged to abandon the beast whereon I was riding.

And again I cried out uttering prayers to God and to my holy father, Apa Pisentius, who had delivered me from the mouths of the hyenas, saying, ' Deliver thou me at this time also from these wolves.'

And before the words had escaped from my mouth one of the wolves let out a mighty cry,

and they all turned away and fled in another direction, through the prayers of my holy father, Apa Pisentius.

(Now) they all turned away through the prayers of my father Apa Pisentius.

Now as for me, I entered into the plain of the mountain of Tsente, and I ascribed glory to God because of what had happened to me, namely that He had delivered me from the mouths of (these) evil beasts.

And when I had entered into the heart [of the mountain], I found her (i.

1. the beast he had abandoned) ; and the holy man was engaged in

studying [the book of a] certain prophet.