Sahidic Coptic Old Testament

Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any one of all the things which he did and trespassed in it.

And they slew Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina out of the house of Sychem, and went forth.

And I prayed to God, and said, O Lord, King of gods, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, whom thou didst redeem, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with thy great power, and with thy strong hand, and with thy high arm.

And he says to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every one his sword on his thigh, and go through and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every one his brother, and every one his neighbour, and every one him that is nearest to him.

And the priest shall take a handful of the sacrifice as a memorial of it, and shall offer it up upon the altar; and afterwards he shall cause the woman to drink the water.

But if the slayer should in any wise go out beyond the bounds of the city whither he fled for refuge,

And ye shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and ye shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you:

And if thou shouldest go into the vineyard of thy neighbour, thou shalt eat grapes sufficient to satisfy thy desire; but thou mayest not put them into a vessel.

And they returned from thence, having surveyed the land, after forty days.

And your dead men shall be food to the birds of the sky, and to the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to scare them away.

And if one smite the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maid-servant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.

And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

and said, If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do things pleasing before him, and wilt hearken to his commands, and keep all his ordinances, no disease which I have brought upon the Egyptians will I bring upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God that heals thee.

And he shall offer up all his fat on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

There is not any such as the God of the beloved; he who rides upon the heaven is thy helper, and the magnificent One of the firmament.

I call heaven and earth this day to witness against you, that ye shall surely perish from off the land, into which ye go across Jordan to inherit it there; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall be utterly cut off.

Thou shalt also speak to the Levites, and shalt say to them, If ye take the tithe from the children of Israel, which I have given you from them for an inheritance, then shall ye separate from it a heave-offering to the Lord, a tenth of the tenth.

There shall not be on thy land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of thy days.

Eat not on the mountains, nor shall ye employ auguries, nor divine by inspection of birds.

Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the words of the Lord our God.

And he wrote these words in the book of the laws of God: and Joshua took a great stone, and set it up under the oak before the Lord.

And it shall come to pass, if your sons say to you, What is this service?

And the days of Isaac which he lived were an hundred and eighty years.

His forces that were numbered, were sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.

And thou shalt give the money for whatsoever thy soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or thou shalt lay it out on strong drink, or on whatsoever thy soul may desire, and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice and thy house,

One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense.

This is Aaron and Moses, whom God told to bring out the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt with their forces.

And my righteousness shall answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before thee: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and grey among the rams, shall be stolen with me.

The first-fruits of thy land shalt thou put into the house of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not boil a lamb in his mother's milk.

Make straight paths for thy feet, and order thy ways aright.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharao, and thou shalt say to him, These things says the Lord: send forth my people, that they may serve me.

and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works.

And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes.

And I sent ambassadors from the wilderness of Kedamoth to Seon king of Esebon with peaceable words, saying,

And Abraam took sheep and calves, and gave them to Abimelech, and both made a covenant.

But they that would not be reformed by that correction, wherein he dallied with them, shall feel a judgment worthy of God.

Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.

They also that serve them are ashamed: for if they fall to the ground at any time, they cannot rise up again of themselves: neither, if one set them upright, can they move of themselves: neither, if they be bowed down, can they make themselves straight: but they set gifts before them as unto dead men.

Remember what things he did to Abraham, and how he tried Isaac, and what happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother's brother.

By him the end of them hath prosperous success, and by his word all things consist.

For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.

That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovest, might know, that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man: but that it is thy word, which preserveth them that put their trust in thee.

A man may be known by his look, and one that hath understanding by his countenance, when thou meetest him.

They that sit upon the mountain of Samaria, and they that dwell among the Philistines, and that foolish people that dwell in Sichem.

God give you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteousness, that their good things be not abolished, and that their glory may endure for ever.

Riches and strength lift up the heart: but the fear of the Lord is above them both: there is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it needeth not to seek help.

But thou sparest all: for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls.

The principal things for the whole use of man's life are water, fire, iron, and salt, flour of wheat, honey, milk, and the blood of the grape, and oil, and clothing.

Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction: she is hard at hand to find.

Disquieting of good men, forgetfulness of good turns, defiling of souls, changing of kind, disorder in marriages, adultery, and shameless uncleanness.

If thou desire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord shall give her unto thee.

The disposition of a liar is dishonourable, and his shame is ever with him.

He giveth his mind to make furrows; and is diligent to give the kine fodder.

A wise man shall inherit glory among his people, and his name shall be perpetual.

For all things cannot be in men, because the son of man is not immortal.

Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to city? so who will believe a man that hath no house, and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him?

The heart of fools is in their mouth: but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.

And the house which is called by thy name hast thou laid waste, as it is to be seen this day, for the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Juda.

He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches.

In the punishment of the proud there is no remedy; for the plant of wickedness hath taken root in him.

Come, thou stranger, and furnish a table, and feed me of that thou hast ready.

For though for the present time I should be delivered from the punishment of men: yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty, neither alive, nor dead.

Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.

There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.

Judge none blessed before his death: for a man shall be known in his children.

None of them hindereth another, and they shall never disobey his word.

Come unto her with thy whole heart, and keep her ways with all thy power.

She shall leave her memory to be cursed, and her reproach shall not be blotted out.

My delicate ones have gone rough ways, and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies.

Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself, and wanteth bread.

And when he had exhorted her with many words, she promised him that she would counsel her son.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that setteth a trap shall be taken therein.

A wise man will fear in every thing, and in the day of sinning he will beware of offence: but a fool will not observe time.

The first man knew her not perfectly: no more shall the last find her out.

So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the garden, they rushed in at the privy door, to see what was done unto her.

A man's attire, and excessive laughter, and gait, shew what he is.

Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:

Jesus the son of Sirach of Jerusalem hath written in this book the instruction of understanding and knowledge, who out of his heart poured forth wisdom.

He that worketh mischief, it shall fall upon him, and he shall not know whence it cometh.

For her thoughts are more than the sea, and her counsels profounder than the great deep.

Be of good comfort, O my children, and cry unto God: for ye shall be remembered of him that brought these things upon you.

And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself, she maketh all things new: and in all ages entering into holy souls, she maketh them friends of God, and prophets.

For that which was not destroyed of the fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, soon melted away:

And they that remain shall know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord, and that there is nothing sweeter than to take heed unto the commandments of the Lord.

For, look, for what things they grudged, when they were punished, that is, for them whom they thought to be gods; now being punished in them, when they saw it, they acknowledged him to be the true God, whom before they denied to know: and therefore came extreme damnation upon them.

My son, glorify thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to the dignity thereof.

Behold with your eyes, how that I have but little labour, and have gotten unto me much rest.

But she bowing herself toward him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language on this manner; O my son, have pity upon me that bare thee nine months in my womb, and gave thee such three years, and nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age, and endured the troubles of education.

So every carpenter and workmaster, that laboureth night and day: and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety, and give themselves to counterfeit imagery, and watch to finish a work:

Bring not every man into thine house: for the deceitful man hath many trains.

But when the elders had declared their matter, the servants were greatly ashamed: for there was never such a report made of Susanna.

All these things are for good to the godly: so to the sinners they are turned into evil.

O Lord our God, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine,

A wise man shall promote himself to honour with his words: and he that hath understanding will please great men.

For the worshipping of idols not to be named is the beginning, the cause, and the end, of all evil.