Zostrianos — Part C
Source text | Translation | |
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ⲙ̅ⲋ̅ | 46 | |
ⲛϥϫⲓ ⲙ ⲡⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ ϣⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛ | it is enlightened, and it will become | |
2 | ⲟⲩⲫⲩⲥⲓⲥ· ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙ ⲡⲉⲓ̈ⲣⲏⲧⲉ1 | (a part of) nature (φύσις). Thus |
ϣⲁϥⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ̈ ⲉⲩϫⲡⲟ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧϥ2 | (this type) comes down to birth because of it | |
4 | ⲁⲩⲱ ϣⲁϥⲣ ⲁⲧ⸌ϣⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲧ̣ⲃⲉ̣ ⲛ̣[ⲓ-] | and is speechless because of the pains |
ⲙⲕⲟⲟϩ· ⲙⲛ ϯⲙⲛ[ⲧ]ⲁ̣ⲧⲛ [ⲁ]ⲣ̣ⲏ̣[ϫϥ]3 | and the infiniteness | |
6 | ⲛⲧⲉ ϯϩⲩⲗⲏ· ⲉ̣ⲩ̣[ⲛⲧ]ⲁϥ [ⲛ] ⲟⲩϭⲟ̣ⲙ | of matter (ὕλη). Although it possesses an |
ⲛ ϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ ⲙ̣[ⲙ… |