Coptic Luke 9:18-26

Who Do You Say He Is?

18.asSwpe de eFHnouma mauaaF eFSlhl ereneFmaqhths nmmaF. aFJnou eFJw mmos Je. eremmhhSe Jw mmos Je angnim
And it occurred while he is praying alone that his disciples were with him, and he questioned them, saying, "Who do the crowds say that I am?"

19.ntoou de auouwSb euJw mmos Je ereHoine men Jw mmos Je iwHannhs pbaptisths pe Henkooue de Je Hhleias pe Henkooue de Je ierhmias pe Henkooue de Je oua nneprofhths nnarcaios pentaFtwoun
And certain ones, having answered, replied, "John the Baptist; but others, Elijah, but others, Jeremiah, but still others, that one of the ancient prophets has risen."

20.peJaF de nau Je ntwtn etetnJw mmos Je angnim. apetros ouwSb peJaF Je. ntok pe pecristos mpnoute
And he said to them, "But you, who do you say that I am?" Peter answered in reply: "You are the Christ/the Anointed One of God."

21.ntoF de aFepitima naF aFparaggile Je mprJepai elaau
But he commanded and gave him strict orders to tell no one.

22.eFJw mmos Je Haps etrepShre mprwme SpHaH nHise nsetstoF ebol Hitn nepresbuteros nm narciereus mn negrammateus nsemooutF nFtwoun Hm pmeHSomnt nHoou
He said, "It is necessary that the Son of Man suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and arise on the third day."

23.neFJw de mmos ouon nim. Je petouwS eouaHF nswi mareFarna mmoF nFFi mpeFstauros mmhne nFouaHF nswi
And he said, "Anyone who wants to follow after me, let him disown/deny himself, and lift up his stauros (execution-stake) daily, and (continue to) follow after me.

24.petnaoueS teFyuch gar etanHos Fnasormes auw petnaswrm nteFyuch etbht FnatanHos
For the one who desires to save/keep alive his soul will lose/mislead it, and the one who will lose his soul for my sake will save it.

25.ereprwme gar naTHhou nou eFSanTHhou mpkosmos thrF. nFsormeF de HwwF hnFTose mmoF
For what will it profit the man if he should gain the whole world but lose himself?

26.petnaTSipe gar nai nmnaSaJe. pShre mprwme naTSipe mpai eFSanei Hm peFeoou nmpa peFiwt nmpa neFaggelos etouaab
For the one who will be ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of this one when he comes in his glory and that of his Father and that of his holy angels."