John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.
ⲁ̅ϦⲈⲚ ⲦⲀⲢⲬⲎ ⲚⲈⲠⲒⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲠⲈ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚⲀϤⲬⲎ ϦⲀⲦⲈⲚ ⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲚⲈⲞⲨⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲠⲈ ⲠⲒⲤⲀϪⲒ.
2 He was with God in the beginning.
ⲃ̅ⲪⲀⲒ ⲈⲚⲀϤⲬⲎ ⲒⲤϪⲈⲚ ϨⲎ ϦⲀⲦⲈⲚ ⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ.
3 All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him.
ⲅ̅ϨⲰⲂ ⲚⲒⲂⲈⲚ ⲀⲨϢⲰⲠⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϨⲒⲦⲞⲦϤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲦϬⲚⲞⲨϤ ⲘⲠⲈ ϨⲖⲒ ϢⲰⲠⲒ ϦⲈⲚⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲀϤϢⲰⲠⲒ
4 Life was in Him, and Life was the light of men.
ⲇ̅ⲚⲈ ⲠⲰⲚϦ ⲠⲈⲦⲈⲚϦⲎⲦϤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲰⲚϦ ⲚⲈⲪⲞⲨⲰⲒⲚⲒ ⲚⲚⲒⲢⲰⲘⲒ ⲠⲈ.
5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
ⲉ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲞⲨⲰⲒⲚⲒ ⲀϤⲈⲢⲞⲨⲰⲒⲚⲒ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲒⲬⲀⲔⲒ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲘⲠⲈ ⲠⲒⲬⲀⲔⲒ ⲦⲀϨⲞϤ.
6 There was a man sent by God, whose name was John.
ⲋ̅ⲀϤϢⲰⲠⲒ ⲚϪⲈⲞⲨⲢⲰⲘⲒ ⲈⲀⲨⲞⲨⲞⲢⲠϤ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϨⲒⲦⲈⲚ ⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲈⲠⲈϤⲢⲀⲚ ⲠⲈ ⲒⲰⲀⲚⲚⲎⲤ.
7 He arrived as a witness to offer testimony about the Light, so that all would believe through him.
ⲍ̅ⲪⲀⲒ ⲀϤⲒ ⲈⲨⲘⲈⲦⲘⲈⲐⲢⲈ ϨⲒⲚⲀ ⲚⲦⲈϤⲈⲢⲘⲈⲐⲢⲈ ϦⲀ ⲠⲒⲞⲨⲰⲒⲚⲒ ϨⲒⲚⲀ ⲚⲦⲈⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲚⲒⲂⲈⲚ ⲚⲀϨϮ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϨⲒⲦⲞⲦϤ.
8 He was not the Light, but he was to offer testimony about the Light.
ⲏ̅ⲚⲈ ⲚⲐⲞϤ ⲀⲚ ⲠⲈ ⲠⲒⲞⲨⲰⲒⲚⲒ ⲀⲖⲖⲀ ϨⲒⲚⲀ ⲚⲦⲈϤⲈⲢⲘⲈⲐⲢⲈ ϦⲀ ⲠⲒⲞⲨⲰⲒⲚⲒ.
9 The true Light, which illuminates every man, was coming into this world.
ⲑ̅ⲚⲀϤϢⲞⲠ ⲚϪⲈⲠⲒⲞⲨⲰⲒⲚⲒ ⲚⲦⲀⲪⲘⲎⲒ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲈⲢⲞⲨⲰⲒⲚⲒ ⲈⲢⲰⲘⲒ ⲚⲒⲂⲈⲚ ⲈⲐⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲈⲠⲒⲔⲞⲤⲘⲞⲤ.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not recognize him.
ⲓ̅ⲚⲀϤⲬⲎ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲒⲔⲞⲤⲘⲞⲤ ⲠⲈ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲔⲞⲤⲘⲞⲤ ⲀϤϢⲰⲠⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϨⲒⲦⲞⲦϤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲘⲠⲈ ⲠⲒⲔⲞⲤⲘⲞⲤ ⲤⲞⲨⲰⲚϤ.
11 He went to his own, and his own did not accept him.
ⲓ̅ⲁ̅ⲀϤⲒ ϨⲀ ⲚⲎ ⲈⲦⲈⲚⲞⲨϤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲚⲈⲦⲈⲚⲞⲨϤ ⲘⲠⲞⲨϢⲞⲠϤ ⲈⲢⲰⲞⲨ.
12 Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.
ⲓ̅ⲃ̅ⲚⲎ ⲆⲈ ⲈⲦⲀⲨϢⲞⲠϤ ⲈⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲀϤϮⲈⲢϢⲒϢⲒ ⲚⲰⲞⲨ ⲈⲈⲢϢⲎⲢⲒ ⲚⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲚⲎ ⲈⲐⲚⲀϨϮ ⲈⲠⲈϤⲢⲀⲚ.
13 These are born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
ⲓ̅ⲅ̅ⲚⲎ ⲆⲈ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲤⲚⲞϤ ⲀⲚ ⲚⲈⲞⲨⲆⲈ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲪⲞⲨⲰϢ ⲚⲤⲀⲢⲜ ⲀⲚ ⲚⲈⲞⲨⲆⲈ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲪⲞⲨⲰϢ ⲚⲢⲰⲘⲒ ⲀⲚ ⲚⲈⲀⲖⲖⲀ ⲈⲦⲀⲨⲘⲀⲤⲞⲨ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ.
14 And the Word became flesh, and he lived among us, and we saw his glory, glory like that of an only-begotten Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
ⲓ̅ⲇ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲒⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲀϤⲈⲢⲞⲨⲤⲀⲢⲜ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤϢⲰⲠⲒ ⲚϦⲢⲎⲒ ⲚϦⲎⲦⲈⲚ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲚⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲠⲈϤⲰⲞⲨ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲘⲠⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲞⲨϢⲎⲢⲒ ⲘⲘⲀⲨⲀⲦϤ ⲚⲦⲞⲦϤ ⲘⲠⲈϤⲒⲰⲦ ⲈϤⲘⲈϨ ⲚϨⲘⲞⲦ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲘⲈⲐⲘⲎⲒ.
15 John offers testimony about him, and he cries out, saying: “This is the one about whom I said: ‘He who is to come after me, has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.’”
ⲓ̅ⲉ̅ⲒⲰⲀⲚⲚⲎⲤ ϤⲈⲢⲘⲈⲐⲢⲈ ⲈⲐⲂⲎⲦϤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ϤⲰϢ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ⲈϤϪⲰ ⲘⲘⲞⲤ ϪⲈ ⲪⲀⲒ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲀⲒϪⲞϤ ⲈⲐⲂⲎⲦϤ ϪⲈ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲐⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲘⲈⲚⲈⲚⲤⲰⲒ ⲀϤⲈⲢϢⲞⲢⲠ ⲈⲢⲞⲒ ϪⲈ ⲚⲈⲞⲨϢⲞⲢⲠ ⲈⲢⲞⲒ ⲢⲰ ⲠⲈ
16 And from his fullness, we all have received, even grace for grace.
ⲓ̅ⲋ̅ϪⲈ ⲀⲚⲞⲚ ⲦⲎⲢⲈⲚ ⲀⲚϬⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲈϤⲘⲞϨ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲞⲨϨⲘⲞⲦ ⲚⲦϢⲈⲂⲒⲰ ⲚⲞⲨϨⲘⲞⲦ.
17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
ⲓ̅ⲍ̅ϪⲈ ⲠⲒⲚⲞⲘⲞⲤ ⲀⲨⲦⲎⲒϤ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϨⲒⲦⲈⲚ ⲘⲰⲨⲤⲎⲤ ⲠⲒϨⲘⲞⲦ ⲆⲈ ⲚⲈⲘ ϮⲘⲈⲐⲘⲎⲒ ⲀⲨϢⲰⲠⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϨⲒⲦⲈⲚ ⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲠⲬⲢⲒⲤⲦⲞⲤ.
18 No one ever saw God; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he himself has described him.
ⲓ̅ⲏ̅ⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲘⲠⲈ ϨⲖⲒ ⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲞϤ ⲈⲚⲈϨ ⲠⲒⲘⲞⲚⲞⲄⲈⲚⲎ ⲤⲚⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲬⲎ ϦⲈⲚⲔⲈⲚϤ ⲘⲠⲈϤⲒⲰⲦ ⲚⲐⲞϤ ⲠⲈⲦⲀϤⲤⲀϪⲒ.
19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him, so that they might ask him, “Who are you?”
ⲓ̅ⲑ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲐⲀⲒ ⲦⲈ ϮⲘⲈⲦⲘⲈⲐⲢⲈ ⲚⲦⲈⲒⲰⲀⲚⲚⲎⲤ ϨⲞⲦⲈ ⲈⲦⲀⲨⲞⲨⲰⲢⲠ ϨⲀⲢⲞϤ ⲚϪⲈⲚⲒⲒⲞⲨⲆⲀⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲒⲈⲢⲞⲤⲀⲖⲎⲘ ⲚϨⲀⲚⲞⲨⲎⲂ ⲚⲈⲘ ϨⲀⲚⲖⲈⲨⲒⲦⲎⲤ ϨⲒⲚⲀ ⲚⲦⲞⲨϢⲈⲚϤ ϪⲈ ⲚⲐⲞⲔ ⲚⲒⲘ.
20 And he confessed it and did not deny it; and what he confessed was: “I am not the Christ.”
ⲕ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤⲞⲨⲰⲚϨ ⲘⲠⲈϤϪⲰⲖ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤⲞⲨⲰⲚϨ ϪⲈ ⲀⲚⲞⲔ ⲀⲚ ⲠⲈ ⲠⲬⲢⲒⲤⲦⲞⲤ.
21 And they questioned him: “Then what are you? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
ⲕ̅ⲁ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲨϢⲈⲚϤ ϪⲈ ⲚⲐⲞⲔ ⲠⲈ ⲎⲖⲒⲀⲤ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲘⲘⲞⲚ ⲚⲐⲞⲔ ⲠⲈ ⲠⲒⲠⲢⲞⲪⲎⲦⲎⲤ ⲀϤⲈⲢⲞⲨⲰ ϪⲈ ⲘⲘⲞⲚ.
22 Therefore, they said to him: “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”
ⲕ̅ⲃ̅ⲠⲈϪⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲀϤ ⲞⲨⲚ ϪⲈ ⲚⲐⲞⲔ ⲚⲒⲘ ϨⲒⲚⲀ ⲚⲦⲈⲚϪⲈⲘⲠϢⲒⲚⲒ ⲚⲚⲎ ⲈⲦⲀⲨⲦⲀⲞⲨⲞⲚ ⲞⲨ ⲠⲈⲦⲈⲔϪⲰ ⲘⲘⲞϤ ⲈⲐⲂⲎⲦⲔ.
23 He said, “I am a voice crying out in the desert, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ just as the prophet Isaiah said.”
ⲕ̅ⲅ̅ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲀⲚⲞⲔ ⲠⲈ ϮⲤⲘⲎ ⲈⲦⲰϢ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϨⲒ ⲠϢⲀϤⲈ ϪⲈ ⲤⲞⲨⲦⲈⲚ ⲠⲒⲘⲰⲒⲦ ⲚⲦⲈⲠϬⲞⲒⲤ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲈⲦⲀϤϪⲞⲤ ⲚϪⲈⲎⲤⲀⲒⲀⲤ ⲠⲒⲠⲢⲞⲪⲎ ⲦⲎⲤ.
24 And some of those who had been sent were from among the Pharisees.
ⲕ̅ⲇ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲚⲈⲀⲨⲞⲨⲰⲢⲠ ⲠⲈ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲚⲒⲪⲀⲢⲒⲤⲈⲞⲤ
25 And they questioned him and said to him, “Then why do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, and not Elijah, and not the Prophet?”
ⲕ̅ⲉ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲨϢⲈⲚϤ ⲈⲨϪⲰ ⲘⲘⲞⲤ ⲚⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲈⲐⲂⲈⲞⲨ ⲔϮⲰⲘⲤ ⲒⲤϪⲈ ⲚⲐⲞⲔ ⲀⲚ ⲠⲈ ⲠⲬⲢⲒⲤⲦⲞⲤ ⲞⲨⲆⲈ ⲎⲖⲒⲀⲤ ⲞⲨⲆⲈ ⲠⲒⲠⲢⲞⲪⲎⲦⲎⲤ.
26 John answered them by saying: “I baptize with water. But in your midst stands one, whom you do not know.
ⲕ̅ⲋ̅ⲀϤⲈⲢⲞⲨⲰ ⲚⲰⲞⲨ ⲚϪⲈⲒⲰⲀⲚⲚⲎⲤ ⲈϤϪⲰ ⲘⲘⲞⲤ ϪⲈ ⲀⲚⲞⲔ ϮⲰⲘⲤ ⲘⲘⲰⲦⲈⲚ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲘⲰⲞⲨ ϤⲞϨⲒ ⲈⲢⲀⲦϤ ϦⲈⲚⲦⲈⲦⲈⲚⲘⲎϮ ⲚϪⲈⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲈⲦⲈⲚⲤⲰⲞⲨⲚ ⲘⲘⲞϤ ⲀⲚ
27 The same is he who is to come after me, who has been placed ahead of me, the laces of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen.”
ⲕ̅ⲍ̅ⲪⲎ ⲈⲐⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲘⲈⲚⲈⲚⲤⲰⲒ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲈⲚϮⲘⲠϢⲀ ⲀⲚ ϨⲒⲚⲀ ⲚⲦⲀϮⲞⲨⲰ ⲚⲞⲨⲘⲞⲨⲤⲈⲢ ⲚⲦⲈⲠⲈϤⲐⲰⲞⲨⲒ.
28 These things happened in Bethania, across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
ⲕ̅ⲏ̅ⲚⲀⲒ ⲀⲨϢⲰⲠⲒ ϦⲈⲚⲂⲎⲐⲀⲚⲒⲀ ϨⲒⲘⲎⲢ ⲘⲠⲒⲒⲞⲢⲆⲀⲚⲎⲤ ⲠⲒⲘⲀ ⲈⲚⲀⲢⲈ ⲒⲰⲀⲚⲚⲎⲤ ϮⲰⲘⲤ ⲘⲘⲞϤ.
29 On the next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and so he said: “Behold, the Lamb of God. Behold, he who takes away the sin of the world.
ⲕ̅ⲑ̅ⲈⲠⲈϤⲢⲀⲤϮ ⲆⲈ ⲀϤⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲈϤⲚⲎⲞⲨ ϨⲀⲢⲞϤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲒⲤ ⲠⲒϨⲒⲎⲂ ⲚⲦⲈⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲐⲚⲀⲰⲖⲒ ⲘⲪⲚⲞⲂⲒ ⲘⲠⲒⲔⲞⲤⲘⲞⲤ.
30 This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me arrives a man, who has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.’
ⲗ̅ⲪⲀⲒ ⲠⲈ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲀⲒϪⲞⲤ ⲀⲚⲞⲔ ⲈⲐⲂⲎⲦⲔ ϪⲈ ϤⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲘⲈⲚⲈⲚⲤⲰⲒ ⲚϪⲈⲞⲨⲢⲰⲘⲒ ⲈⲀϤⲈⲢϢⲞⲢⲠ ⲈⲢⲞⲒ ϪⲈ ⲞⲨϢⲞⲢⲠ ⲈⲢⲞⲒ ⲢⲰ ⲠⲈ.
31 And I did not know him. Yet it is for this reason that I come baptizing with water: so that he may be made manifest in Israel.”
ⲗ̅ⲁ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲚⲞⲔ ⲚⲀⲒⲤⲰⲞⲨⲚ ⲘⲘⲞϤ ⲀⲚ ⲠⲈ ⲀⲖⲖⲀ ϨⲒⲚⲀ ⲚⲦⲈϤⲞⲨⲰⲚϨ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ⲘⲠⲒⲤⲖ ⲈⲐⲂⲈ ⲪⲀⲒ ⲀⲒⲒ ⲈϮⲰⲘⲤ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲘⲰⲞⲨ.
32 And John offered testimony, saying: “For I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove; and he remained upon him.
ⲗ̅ⲃ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤⲈⲢⲘⲈⲐⲢⲈ ⲚϪⲈⲒⲰⲀⲚⲚⲎⲤ ⲈϤϪⲰ ⲘⲘⲞⲤ ϪⲈ ⲀⲒⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲠⲒⲠⲚⲈⲨⲘⲀⲈϤⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲈϦⲢⲎ ⲒⲈϪⲰϤ ⲘⲪⲢⲎϮ ⲚⲞⲨϬⲢⲞⲘⲠⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲦⲪⲈ ⲀϤⲞϨⲒ ϨⲒϪⲰϤ.
33 And I did not know him. But he who sent me to baptize with water said to me: ‘He over whom you will see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him, this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
ⲗ̅ⲅ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲚⲞⲔ ⲚⲀⲒⲤⲰⲞⲨⲚ ⲘⲘⲞϤ ⲀⲚ ⲠⲈ ⲀⲖⲖⲀ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲀϤⲦⲀⲞⲨⲞⲒ ⲈϮⲰⲘⲤ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲘⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲐⲞϤ ⲠⲈⲦⲀϤϪⲞⲤ ⲚⲎⲒ ϪⲈ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲈⲔⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲠⲒⲠⲚⲈⲨⲘⲀⲈϤⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲈϦⲢⲎⲒ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲚⲦⲈϤⲞϨⲒ ϨⲒϪⲰϤ ⲪⲀⲒ ⲠⲈ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲐⲚⲀϮⲰⲘⲤ ϦⲈⲚⲞⲨⲠⲚⲈⲨⲘⲀⲈϤⲞⲨⲀⲂ
34 And I saw, and I gave testimony: that this one is the Son of God.”
ⲗ̅ⲇ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲚⲞⲔ ⲀⲒⲚⲀⲨ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲒⲈⲢⲘⲈⲐⲢⲈ ϪⲈ ⲪⲀⲒ ⲠⲈ ⲠϢⲎⲢⲒ ⲚⲦⲈⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ.
35 The next day again, John was standing with two of his disciples.
ⲗ̅ⲉ̅ⲈⲠⲈϤⲢⲀⲤϮ ⲆⲈ ⲞⲚ ⲚⲀⲢⲈ ⲒⲰⲀⲚⲚⲎⲤ ⲞϨⲒ ⲈⲢⲀⲦϤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲂⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲚⲈϤⲘⲀⲐⲎⲦⲎⲤ
36 And catching sight of Jesus walking, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.”
ⲗ̅ⲋ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈⲦⲀϤϪⲞⲨϢⲦ ⲈⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲈϤⲘⲞϢⲒ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲒⲤ ⲠⲒϨⲎⲒⲂ ⲚⲦⲈⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ.
37 And two disciples were listening to him speaking. And they followed Jesus.
ⲗ̅ⲍ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲨⲤⲰⲦⲈⲘ ⲈⲢⲞϤ ⲈϤⲤⲀϪⲒ ⲚϪⲈⲠⲒⲘⲀⲐⲎⲦⲎⲤ ⲂⲚⲦⲀϤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲨⲘⲞϢⲒ ⲚⲤⲀⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ.
38 Then Jesus, turning around and seeing them following him, said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi (which means in translation, Teacher), where do you live?”
ⲗ̅ⲏ̅ⲈⲦⲀϤⲪⲞⲚϨϤ ⲆⲈ ⲚϪⲈⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈⲦⲀϤⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲰⲞⲨ ⲈⲨⲘⲞϢⲒ ⲚⲤⲰϤ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ⲚⲰⲞⲨ ϪⲈ ⲀⲢⲈⲦⲈⲚⲔⲰϮ ⲚⲤⲀⲞⲨ ⲚⲐⲰⲞⲨ ⲆⲈ ⲠⲈϪⲰⲞⲨ ⲚⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲢⲀⲂⲂⲒ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ϢⲀⲨⲞⲨⲀϨⲘⲈϤ ϪⲈ ⲪⲢⲈϤϮⲤⲂⲰ ⲀⲔϢⲞⲠ ⲐⲰⲚ.
39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about the tenth hour.
ⲗ̅ⲑ̅ⲚⲐⲞϤ ⲆⲈ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ⲚⲰⲞⲨ ϪⲈ ⲀⲘⲰⲒⲚⲒ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲚⲀⲨ ⲀⲨⲒ ⲞⲨⲚ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲨⲚⲀⲨ ϪⲈ ⲀϤϢⲞⲠ ⲐⲰⲚ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲨϢⲰⲠⲒ ϦⲀⲦⲞⲦϤ ⲘⲠⲒⲈϨⲞⲞⲨ ⲈⲦⲈⲘⲘⲀⲨ ⲚⲈⲪⲚⲀⲨ ⲆⲈ ⲚⲀϪⲠ Ⲓ- ⲠⲈ.
40 And Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who had heard about him from John and had followed him.
ⲙ̅ⲀⲚⲆⲢⲈⲀⲤ ⲆⲈ ⲠⲤⲞⲚ ⲚⲤⲒⲘⲰⲚ ⲠⲈⲦⲢⲞⲤ ⲚⲈⲞⲨⲀⲒ ⲠⲈ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲠⲒⲂ ⲈⲦⲀⲨⲤⲰⲦⲈⲘ ⲚⲦⲈⲒⲰⲀⲚⲚⲎⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲨⲘⲞϢⲒ ⲚⲤⲰϤ.
41 First, he found his brother Simon, and he said to him, “We have found the Messiah,” (which is translated as the Christ).
ⲙ̅ⲁ̅ⲪⲀⲒ ⲆⲈ ⲀϤϪⲒⲘⲒ ⲚϢⲞⲢⲠ ⲘⲠⲈϤⲤⲞⲚ ⲤⲒⲘⲰⲚ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ⲚⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲀⲚϪⲒⲘⲒ ⲘⲘⲈⲤⲒⲀⲤ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲠⲈϤⲞⲨⲰϨⲈⲘ ⲠⲈ ⲠⲬⲢⲒⲤⲦⲞⲤ.
42 And he led him to Jesus. And Jesus, gazing at him, said: “You are Simon, son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas,” (which is translated as Peter).
ⲙ̅ⲃ̅ⲪⲀⲒ ⲀϤⲈⲚϤ ϨⲀ ⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲈⲦⲀϤϪⲞⲨϢⲦ ⲆⲈ ⲈⲢⲞϤ ⲚϪⲈⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ⲚⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲚⲐⲞⲔ ⲠⲈ ⲤⲒⲘⲰⲚ ⲠϢⲎⲢⲒ ⲚⲒⲰⲀⲚⲚⲎⲤ ⲚⲐⲞⲔ ⲈⲨⲈⲘⲞⲨϮ ⲈⲢⲞⲔ ϪⲈ ⲔⲎⲪⲀ ⲪⲎ ⲈϢⲀⲨⲞⲨⲀϨⲘⲈϤ ϪⲈ ⲠⲈⲦⲢⲞⲤ.
43 On the next day, he wanted to go into Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”
ⲙ̅ⲅ̅ⲈⲠⲈϤⲢⲀⲤϮ ⲆⲈ ⲀϤⲞⲨⲰϢ ⲈⲒ ⲈϮⲄⲀⲖⲒⲖⲈⲀ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀϤϪⲒⲘⲒ ⲘⲪⲒⲖⲒⲠⲠⲞⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ⲚⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲘⲞϢⲒ ⲚⲤⲰⲒ.
44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
ⲙ̅ⲇ̅ⲪⲒⲖⲒⲠⲠⲞⲤ ⲆⲈ ⲚⲈⲞⲨⲢⲈⲘⲂⲎⲐⲤⲀⲒⲆⲀ ⲠⲈ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲐⲂⲀⲔⲒ ⲚⲀⲚⲆⲢⲈⲀⲤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲠⲈⲦⲢⲞⲤ.
45 Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the Law and the Prophets: Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”
ⲙ̅ⲉ̅ⲪⲒⲖⲒⲠⲠⲞⲤ ⲆⲈ ⲀϤϪⲒⲘⲒ ⲚⲚⲀⲐⲀⲚⲀⲎⲖ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ⲚⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲪⲎ ⲈⲦⲀ ⲘⲰⲨⲤⲎⲤ ⲤϦⲀⲒ ⲈⲐⲂⲎⲦϤ ϨⲒ ⲠⲒⲚⲞⲘⲞⲤ ⲚⲈⲘ ⲚⲒⲠⲢⲞⲪⲎⲦⲎⲤ ⲀⲚϪⲈⲘϤ ⲈⲦⲈ ⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲠⲈ ⲠϢⲎⲢⲒ ⲚⲒⲰⲤⲎⲪ ⲠⲒⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲚⲀⲌⲀⲢⲈⲐ.
46 And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good be from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
ⲙ̅ⲋ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲈϪⲈ ⲚⲀⲐⲀⲚⲀⲎⲖ ⲚⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲀⲚ ⲞⲨⲞⲚ ϢϪⲞⲘ ⲚⲦⲈⲞⲨⲀⲄⲀⲐⲞⲚ ϢⲰⲠⲒ ⲈⲂⲞⲖ ϦⲈⲚⲚⲀⲌⲀⲢⲈⲐ ⲠⲈϪⲈ ⲪⲒⲖⲒⲠⲠⲞⲤ ⲚⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲀⲘⲞⲨ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲀⲚⲀⲨ.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and he said about him, “Behold, an Israelite in whom truly there is no deceit.”
ⲙ̅ⲍ̅ⲀϤⲚⲀⲨ ⲆⲈ ⲚϪⲈⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲈⲚⲀⲐⲀⲚⲀⲎⲖ ⲈϤⲚⲎⲞⲨ ϨⲀⲢⲞϤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ⲈⲐⲂⲎⲦϤ ϪⲈ ⲒⲤ ϨⲎⲠⲠⲈ ⲦⲀⲪⲘⲎⲒ ⲒⲤ ⲞⲨⲒⲤⲢⲀⲎⲖⲒⲦⲎⲤ ⲘⲘⲞⲚ ⲆⲞⲖⲞⲤ ⲚϦⲎⲦϤ
48 Nathanael said to him, “From where do you know me?” Jesus responded and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
ⲙ̅ⲏ̅ⲠⲈϪⲈ ⲚⲀⲐⲀⲚⲀⲎⲖ ⲚⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲀⲔⲤⲰⲞⲨⲚ ⲘⲘⲞⲒ ⲐⲰⲚ ⲀϤⲈⲢⲞⲨⲰ ⲚϪⲈⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ⲚⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲘⲠⲀⲦⲈ ⲪⲒⲖⲒⲠⲠⲞⲤ ⲘⲞⲨϮ ⲈⲢⲞⲔ ⲈⲔⲬⲎ ϦⲀⲦⲞⲦⲤ ⲚϮⲂⲰ ⲚⲔⲈⲚⲦⲈ ⲀⲒⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲞⲔ.
49 Nathanael answered him and said: “Rabbi, you are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel.”
ⲙ̅ⲑ̅ⲀϤⲈⲢⲞⲨⲰ ⲚⲀϤ ⲚϪⲈⲚⲀⲐⲀⲚⲀⲎⲖ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ⲚⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲢⲀⲂⲂⲀⲒ ⲚⲐⲞⲔ ⲠⲈ ⲠϢⲎⲢⲒ ⲘⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲚⲐⲞⲔ ⲠⲈ ⲠⲞⲨⲢⲞ ⲘⲠⲒⲤⲖ.
50 Jesus responded and said to him: “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, you believe. Greater things than these, you will see.”
ⲛ̅ⲀϤⲈⲢⲞⲨⲰ ⲚϪⲈⲒⲎⲤⲞⲨⲤ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ⲚⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲀⲒϪⲞⲤ ⲚⲀⲔ ϪⲈ ⲀⲒⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲞⲔ ϦⲀⲢⲀⲦⲤ ⲚϮⲂⲰ ⲚⲔⲈⲚⲦⲈ ⲬⲚⲀϨϮ ϨⲀⲚⲚⲒϢϮ ⲈⲚⲀⲒ ⲈⲔⲈⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲢⲰⲞⲨ.
51 And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the Angels of God ascending and descending over the Son of man.”
ⲛ̅ⲁ̅ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲠⲈϪⲀϤ ϪⲈ ⲀⲘⲎⲚ ⲀⲘⲎⲚ ϮϪⲰ ⲘⲘⲞⲤ ⲚⲰⲦⲈⲚ ϪⲈ ⲈⲢⲈⲦⲈⲚⲈⲚⲀⲨ ⲈⲦⲪⲈ ⲈⲤⲞⲨⲎ ⲚⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲚⲒⲀⲄⲄⲈⲖⲞⲤ ⲚⲦⲈⲪⲚⲞⲨϮ ⲈⲨⲚⲀ ⲈⲠϢⲰⲒ ⲞⲨⲞϨ ⲈⲨⲚⲎⲞⲨ ⲈⲠⲈⲤⲎⲦ ⲚⲤⲀⲠϢⲎⲢⲒ ⲘⲪⲢⲰⲘⲒ.
